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Deal with facial eczema outbreaks on the farm

Last year many parts of the country suffered a very severe facial eczema season from January through to early May. It was so severe

Don't worry about factors you can't control

Meat and fibre farmers are facing the most challenging economic conditions for some years. A combination of low returns for sheep

Chris Grenfell: Timing vital in law

A lot of areas of our life are governed by the clock and the calendar - especially our working lives. As a lawyer I am often asked

Opinion: The marvellous marrow

JB (Whangarei) has written about shopping smarter: "There are many different market places now other than shops and online. Think

David Burt: Mohair, mo' money

Mohair is the fibre harvested from angora goats, and at more than $20 per kilogram it is significantly more valuable than wool from

Steve Wyn-Harris: Dam water would be useful in emergency

I am a sheep and beef farmer and was on the farm on Monday the 13th just gone. When Jamie Mackay of The Country radio show rang

Fire shows we can work together, so why couldn't councils jointly protect water supplies

The best questions are seldom asked. Try to answer to this one. A while ago we considered amalgamating all five Hawke's Bay councils. No

Nick Clark: Bumpy ride ahead

On arriving back at work after the summer holidays I was asked by the NFR editorial team to write an overview of the year ahead, focusing

William Rolleston: Guided by science

The Oxford Dictionary word of the year for 2016 was "post truth politics". Not strictly a word but, in the same vein, this year

Lawrence Yule: New water structure needed

The Government Inquiry into Havelock North Drinking Water has completed its hearings phase and is about to receive submissions on

Rachel Stewart: Fighting the good fight

COMMENT: Personal battles are waste of energy when tackling climate change requires us all.

Planning ahead for the big dry

The topic on the tip of everyone's tongues is the current lack of water in Hawke's Bay, and farming through this is difficult and

Animal welfare farmer's first priority

As life-stylers, small farm operators and horse owners, we need to acknowledge the responsibilities we owe to the welfare of the animals

Jamie Mackay's 'From the Lip': shearing memories of Sir David Fagan

Like all the young lads I went to boarding school with back in mid-seventies, the thing I looked forward to most on my 15th birthday

Wayne Perkins: Go Johnny Go

There is something about what is arguably the world's most physically demanding job that gets under your skin and never quite goes away writes Wayne Perkins.

I'm not guilty, your honour

I don't know if it's just me, but I seem to suffer from an overactive conscience. It kicks in when I'm going along, minding my own

Your View: not all rabbits are pests - an open letter

The Otago Regional Council seems likely to spend up to $50,000 in unbudgeted funding to co-ordinate the release of a Korean strain

John Blackwell: What a difference a week makes

Recent events have tended to back the theory that the difference between an average farmer and a top farmer is one week. Let me explain: