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The changing face of farming: more technology
The future of farming described in a recent agricultural scenario is not far distant, says Nick Clark, Federated Farmers manager of general policy and chief economist.
Precision ag can help face the pressure
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER to help farmers face economic and environmental pressures is a key challenge facing the Precision Agriculture Association of NZ and one reason the organisation wants to attract more farmers.
New facility aims to boost sheep profits
A NEW Lincoln University education and research facility aims to help boost profitability in the sheep sector.
Techno Expo gets off to a flyer
AN INAUGURAL Technology Expo run as part of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Central Otago ‘Farming For Profit’ programme has been hailed a success by organisers.
Technology to top shopping list
AGRICULTURAL FIELDAYS 2014 will be a measure of how the agribusiness sector is gearing up to capitalise on growing export opportunities, according to New Zealand's largest agricultural lender, ANZ New Zealand.
Tech summit for primary industries
For the first time in New Zealand, a mobile communications event is being run specifically for primary industries.
The changing face of farming
The old image of farmers being dyed in the wool consumers of traditional media, late adopters of digital technology and low users of social media has been blown apart by a major piece of research commissioned by Waikato/Bay of Plenty based agency, King St.
Developer stands by product
DESPITE DCD emerging as a contaminant of milk, and now waterways, the man who pioneered its development as a nitrification inhibitor for use on farms in New Zealand still believes it has a future.
Pasture project progresses science of tech transfer
IN THE shadow of the sprawling Massey University campus, on the outskirts of Palmerston North, farmers and scientists cluster around an old tin garage which is doubling as a lecture theatre during an unseasonal shower of rain.
Credit for early genetic technology users
Farmers who used new genomic technology from their cooperative, LIC, in 2008 and 2009 will shortly receive a credit for the premium they paid for the product in those two years.