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Spotlight on wool at Lincoln

Spotlight on wool at Lincoln

| November 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Faults in wool such as low wool strength, discoloured fleece, and variations in fibre length and coarse fibres in fine wool limit the end used of wool and reduce the payout from wool buyers.

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Good news for spud lovers

Good news for spud lovers

| November 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

Acrylamide is a naturally occurring chemical that is caused when starch rich foods are cooked at high temperatures, such as frying, baking, grilling or roasting.

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British butchers told to sell Kiwi meat

British butchers told to sell Kiwi meat

| November 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

British butchers should sell New Zealand lamb rather than local lamb to combat global warming, a study claims.

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Invercargill accountant faces ethics complaint

Invercargill accountant faces ethics complaint

| October 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

An Invercargill accountant at the centre of a dispute over a farm his company sold is accused of breaching …

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Dairy farm firm goes into liquidation

Dairy farm firm goes into liquidation

| September 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Southland Times reports that a company that owned a Southland dairy farm has been put into voluntary liquidation by its shareholders.

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Research to boost ruminant productivity

Research to boost ruminant productivity

| February 28, 2008 | 0 Comments

AgResearch has signalled its intention to raise ruminant productivity and welfare standards over the long term with the announcement of a formal collaboration with one of the world’s leading animal health research institutes.   For more than fifty years the Scottish based Moredun Research Institute (MRI) has been internationally recognised for its work on infectious […]

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