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Balers better than sheeptrucks in UK
By Jim Webster Another month and still a trickle of FMD cases in the north of England. The cordon around this area has been pulled tight and the roads are patrolled by police and trading standards officers who will pull over and stop not merely farmers, but anyone whose car looks dirty. I know one […]
Ignorance, stupidity or a calculated risk?
A string of recent incidents where farmers have committed what amounts to environmental vandalism without a resource consent has bemused and disappointed Environment Southland’s compliance staff.
Farms still selling well in south of NZ
The rural property market continued to outpace the residential property market in June with continued strong prices and sales, according to REINZ National Councillor and rural spokesperson for the Institute Mr Peter McDonald. In particular lifestyle properties featured with a rise in the lifestyle median price from $450,000 in May to $455,000 in June, also […]
Elworthy & Miag popular at field days
If any site at the Waimumu field days drew the crowds in today it was No. 8 – the Meat Industry Action Group’s site. MIAG Vice-Chairman John Gregan said that sheep and beef farmers flocked to the site to hear South Canterbury farmer and businessman Forbes Elworthy speak on the future of the meat industry […]
AgResearch to measure carbon footprint
AgResearch has won a tender which will see it estimating the total greenhouse gases (GHG) or carbon footprint of New Zealand-produced sheep meat consumed in the UK.
Getting rid of that ticking
By Joanne Marshall A bad rural internet connection is like a deadly disease – you hope you don’t get it and that if you do that there’ll be a cure for it. Unfortunately for rural people with a bad connection the only thing on offer is a small non-waterproof sticky plaster. This half-pie solution is […]