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Doug Laing: Canterbury farmers simply the best

Dominic George: High country gift is wonderful

I was hardly a model student. If I had devoted as much time to my studies as I did in trying to fashion a timetable that gave me Fridays and Mondays off I may have completed my Bachelor's degree in the standard three years rather than the four it eventual

Prioritise farming budgets now

Chris Lewis: Take care of your greatest asset

The buzz about town is the revised payouts announced by Fonterra and Westland, which have both dropped significantly.

Simple, smart ideas go with the flow

Hamiltonian Rodney Sharp and his wife Angela own a business called Progressive Group - and judging by their three grassroots innovations at Fieldays, the name is apt.

Fran O'Sullivan: Land sales row flares again

Political leaders across the spectrum have pounced on the opportunity to peddle their policies for the impending election - a sound bite or snippet more than sufficient to stir up controversy - particularly on a matter as divisive as land sales to foreign

Paul Dykes: Farmers awash with water woes

Fran O'Sullivan and Alexander Speirs: Politicians chew over meat

Dominic George: It's lucky I didn t pull harder

Farm's fortunes rise and rise

Dairy farmers: you too can make far greater profits, writes Mike Barrington.

East meets West in latest pear cultivar

Hawke's Bay-based Prevar has signed an agreement with Australasian company Freshmax for the new Piqa Boo brand pear to be grown in Australia.

The Big Issues: Farmers keen on foreign investment

Demand drives export rise

Fran O'sullivan and Alexander Spiers: Finding a way forward

The Innovators: Handy idea great when it turns cold

Dominic George: Boys and their vexing devices

Natural fibre tops the list

Farmers share knowledge

Eight Hawke's Bay deer farmers are pioneering a new way to make their farms more profitable.