Big bucks back misinformation
Write a regular column on sustainability and it's natural to discuss climate-change facts and issues from time to time.
Rural
Sun 19 May 2013
Sat 18 May 2013
Big push for tiny horses
Judy Stott is a legendary figure on the local miniature-horse events calendar, and has amassed more than 200 ribbons and championship awards.
Fri 17 May 2013
Slow and steady wins farm race
A simple but effective stocking policy has earned Paparoa farmers Janine and Ken Hames recognition in this year's Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Our uncertain future
Last year Rick Powdrell received $127 a head for his lambs. The current return has nose-dived to $85.
Farmers should be prepared
Nitrogen-based fertiliser is being placed on paddocks throughout the Bay but Federated Farmers warns some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery after the...
The status quo leads to peasantry
About 1000 South Island meat farmers met in Gore last month to discuss the real problems the industry is facing around farming profitabily and sustainabily.
Wed 15 May 2013
Getting perspective matters
A lesson gained from the Federated Farmers Dairy Council's meeting at the Treaty Grounds in Waitangi was the role of perspective.
Mon 13 May 2013
Dairy council and sharemilkers' meeting
A number of issues were raised at the Federated Farmers Dairy Council meeting at Waitangi in February.
Thu 9 May 2013
Great vintage in the making
About this time every year you might see strange-looking machinery rolling slowly along the main roads around Hawke's Bay.
The big dry's economic toll on farmers
Drought is the economy's Achilles heel and we cannot emphasise enough the impact of "the big dry" on NZ Inc.
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