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Tuesday, 27 February 2024 11:25

Bureaucratic insanity

OPINION: The Hound reckons if farmers in this country think they've got a problem with the small-minded officious bureaucrats imposing unworkable rules with little or no understanding of agricultural realities - it could be worse.

Published in The Hound
Thursday, 19 October 2023 14:55

U-turn

OPINION: The French Government is buckling under the pressure of rising inflation.

Published in Milking It
Friday, 24 March 2023 10:55

Irrigation boost for French farmers

The New Zealand Government looks set to vest the control of water to four regional authorities under its Three Waters policy, having already spent $34m on developing the concept and committing to office space in Auckland to house its 350+ staff and consultants that will cost at least $2.1m annually.

Published in Machinery & Products

The last day of an agricultural show which saw more than half a million visitors had to be cancelled due to Covid-19.

Published in World News
Wednesday, 20 November 2019 11:01

From New Zealand to France

New Zealanders Graeme and Julie Bott have created a successful wine estate in one of France’s most famous wine regions.

Published in Profiles
Saturday, 05 January 2019 08:55

French look to work with NZ

A French research organisation studying the effects of climate change on viticulture, is hoping to partner up with New Zealand grape growers, through a collaboration with the NZWRC.

Published in General News
Wednesday, 31 May 2017 08:38

The stars and stripes are in our future

Recently there has been considerable media coverage of the news that New Zealand wine has become the number three imported wine into the US, with only France and Italy ahead of us.

Published in Opinion
Wednesday, 16 September 2015 09:00

French farmers protest

When French farmers are unhappy they take to the streets. Last week, 1000 tractors rolled into Paris as French farmers tried to clog up the capital’s roads in protest at plummeting food prices.

Published in World News
Thursday, 13 August 2015 10:06

False botulism scare still haunting sales

French dairy processor Danone is still feeling the after-effects of Fonterra’s false botulism scare in the Chinese market.

Published in World News
Monday, 15 June 2015 15:21

An entire tractor life in four weeks

Until the early 1990’s Claas was known as a manufacturer of harvesting machinery for the grain and livestock industries, but that changed in 1993.

Published in Machinery & Products

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