25 Jan 08 | THIS year will bring many challenges for New Zealand’s deer industry. Venison production appears likely to continue to fall, according to a recent publication from Deer Industry New Zealand (DINZ).
25 Jan 08 | HELWI Tacoma and Akky van der Velde who were the South Island regional winners of the Dairy Business Performance Awards last year have never milked cows.
25 Jan 08 | I LOVE to get off the main highway and explore new places and this summer holiday I had my biggest road trip yet.
25 Jan 08 | IAN Coop, the patriarch of New Zealand sheep breeding after whom the Coopworth breed is named, died recently in Christchurch aged 93.
25 Jan 08 | A YOUNG Waimate man is on a mission to bring more than 200 Filipino workers to New Zealand for the start of the coming dairy season.
22 Jan 08 | A GLASSY-eyed stag head anchored to the wall is proof of the ultimate, “oncer” hunting experience for some people, yet other folk find the thought repugnant.
22 Jan 08 | A SOUTHDOWN ram from Chris Medlicott's South Canterbury Clifton Downs Stud topped the sale at the Canterbury Stud Ram and Ewe Fair in Christchurch, fetching $15,500.
22 Jan 08 | THE amazing versatility of blackcurrants will be highlighted at the inaugural Sarau Festival, to be held at the Moutere Hills Community Centre and Domain, near Nelson, on Sunday, February 3, from 4pm.
22 Jan 08 | SHEEP, alpaca, llamas and goats will be flocking to Tapawera this weekend to show off their natural fibre.
22 Jan 08 | WOOL exporters were pessimistic about the Wool Industry Network (WIN) document released last December, which outlined change for the industry.
22 Jan 08 | THE drought situation has eased slightly in Marlborough, but farmers are still struggling to access supplement.
21 Jan 08 | CHOICES are few for old stags at the end of their life. They may be trucked to the meat works, or, if they are exceptional, be bought by a safari park for their trophy head potential.
10 Jan 08 | IT WAS a refreshing three-week break dominated by sunshine, Blair, golf and beer, more or less in that order.
10 Jan 08 | IT HAS been a big few months for recent recipient of the New Zealand Rural Young Achievers Award, Louise Cook.
10 Jan 08 | A GROUP of Canterbury farmers and their commercial and scientific partners hope to encourage uptake of improved methods for controlling crop pests.
10 Jan 08 | EVERY day of New Zealand’s milk season, enough milk to make more than 10 million milkshakes takes a train trip from Palmerston North to Fonterra’s Whareroa processing plant near Hawera.
10 Jan 08 | INVESTORS have put $60 million into MyFarm dairy syndicates in the past six months.
10 Jan 08 | 2007 was a challenging and frustrating year for many of America's beef producers.
10 Jan 08 | SOUTHLANDER Jimmy Clark will attempt to break the world record of shearing 495 full wool crossbred ewes in a standard eight-hour day at Wairaki Station next week.
10 Jan 08 | SOUTH Canterbury arable farmer Jeremy Talbot said MAF's approval of the high lysine GE corn was bad news for a country promoting clean green to global consumers.
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