MPI's HANDLING of information over the food bug reinforces concerns about resourcing at the Ministry and adds fuel to Labour's repeated calls for an independent food safety agency, says Labour's Food Safety spokesman Damien O'Connor.

LAMBS GRAZING high sugar ryegrass (HSG) grow faster and heavier than lambs grazing a standard ryegrass (SRG), according to a two-year trial on three farms in the southern South Island.

CAN YOU make a paper dart in 30 seconds? Would it hit your target if you did?

AS SOON as your lucerne is 15cm high your stock should be into it, says Lincoln University’s guru on the crop, Derrick Moot.

Definitive answers on what killed hundreds of cows on swedes in Southland during the winter and early spring are still some way off, leaving growers and dairy farmers facing tough sowing decisions.

HOW MUCH use a lymph test would be in New Zealand is doubtful, says a vet coordinating work on controlling the disease in cattle here.

WHEN RURAL News reviewed the 2011 Honda TRX500, we commented that it was a subtle evolution of the old model, the list of changes being relatively modest.

MASSEY FERGUSON says its new MF 9407S telescopic handler specifically suits farming.

EBOLA IS hitting agricultural activities in affected West Africa countries, raising food security fears.

FARMERS COULD extract 20% more value from their fertiliser spend by using their fertiliser contractors' TracMap TracLink system more effectively, says the company's managing director Colin Brown.