Fieldays and the NZ Transport Agency have teamed up to make visitors’ journeys to Fieldays 2015 safer and easier.
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Students can “Get Ahead” at Fieldays 2015
Fieldays is partnering with NZ Young Farmers and NZFarmer to bring the Get Ahead programme on site this year with the Get a Haircut, Get a Real Job initiative.
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Agri innovators face panel of business best at Fieldays 2015
Fieldays and SODA Inc. are proud to announce eight finalists that will face the Dragons at the 2015 Fieldays Innovation Den.
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Silver Fern Farms opens China office
Silver Fern Farms’ presence in China has received a boost with the official opening of the Shanghai offices of Primary Collaboration New Zealand (Shanghai) Co., Ltd by the New Zealand Minister for Economic Development, Hon. Steven Joyce.
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Farming nutrient loss reduction costs vary in study
Case studies of dairy support farms in the Upper Waikato River catchment indicate that the effect on profits of reducing their nutrient losses to water is as variable as the systems themselves and could potentially be minimal.
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University agriculture student numbers up
In recent years, agriculture has struggled to compete with some of the more glamorous career options available to young people. But the tide appears to be turning.
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Record beef returns offset impact of dry season
Drought and the ratio of sheep to cattle farmed are the two factors with the biggest impact on sheep and beef farmers’ incomes this season, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand.
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New Zealand’s first purpose-built calf feeding system
Inspired by a European farming system, but with an understanding that New Zealand farms are different, a local engineer has developed New Zealand's first purpose built calf feeding system.
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Hard work pays off in Manawatu Dairy Awards
Until now the 2015 Manawatu Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year, Richard Ash, has been too busy working on his dairy farming business to consider entering the competition.
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Family station claims top farm environment award
Broadlands Station, a multi-generational sheep and beef farming operation owned by the Akers family, is the Supreme Winner of the 2015 Horizons Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
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