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Will Britain’s rebound lead to a meaningful relationship?
Fresh from ditching membership of the European Union, Britain has joined the Pacific trade group CPTPP. By Tim Price.
Southern Hub shares wintering insights
Evolution and revolution have played their part in Southern Dairy Hub’s wintering. By Louise Cook.
Flooding halts northern Future Dairy Farm project
Cyclone Gabrielle put a spanner in the works for research on the Northland Agricultural Research Farm. By Delwyn Dickey.
Automation and flexibility may be key to future
Changing the job is likely to be an important factor in attracting and retaining staff, Anne Lee writes.
Doing the right thing
A two-day agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) conference held in Wellington just days after Cyclone Gabrielle started out with the grim facts on climate change, but ended with a level of optimism and energy for finding solutions and doing the right thing. Anne Lee reports.
Region well-suited to diversification
David and Lesley Jensen run dairying, kiwifruit and avocado operations near Tauranga and say the area is well-suited to this mixed type of venture.
Time to play with nature?
Realising the potential benefits of gene editing technology in New Zealand has been given a boost this year with a government-backed reference report setting a case for a national discussion to amend legislation preventing its use.
Our shrinking pool of people
New Zealand’s workforce is shrinking - and there’s no way that will change, a leading economists says. Anne Lee reports.
Stick to your knitting, it always pays
Once-a-day milking has paid off this season for Penelope and Blair Drysdale at Te Miro, near Norsewood, Penelope writes.
Flashback to conversion
John Milne reflects on the family’s conversion of a beef and sheep farm to dairy.
Introducing Milking Shorthorns to the mix
Anieka Templer introduces herself and family to Milking Platform.
First-hand education
Anne-Marie Wells enjoys showing farm visitors what really goes on behind the farm gate.
Attention to seven wonders can lift yields
Leading US crop scientist Fred Below was keynote speaker at this year’s Foundation for Arable Research’s Premier Maize Event. By Raewyn Densley.
Diversifying onfarm spreads risk
Diversification has made all the difference for a Bay of Plenty dairy farming couple. By Delwyn Dickey.
Investment saves all round
Safer and less physical workplaces have the potential to attract and retain staff. By Karen Trebilcock.
Coping with collars
A series of field days at farms in Southland and South Otago showed farmers the finer points of using cow wearables. By Karen Trebilcock.