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Pad helps beat the pugging

The worry of cattle causing pugging damage was keeping sheep and beef farmers Grant and Christine West awake at night. Literally. So they decided to do something about it.

Lessons from the botulism scare

A mild winter of two halves

Poor performance has to be handled correctly

Performance reviews are a great way for employers to manage employee performance, ensure workers understand what is expected of them

Just like paradise

Te Puke's relationship with China is strengthening as Graeme Crossman prepares to profile the region at its largest agricultural fair next month.

Commonsense prevails in Waimate

Herd homes 'the future'

Herd homes are under the spotlight as new guidelines are debated to protect cows from being "intensively farmed", as pigs and chickens are.

Interest rates - a constantly changing landscape

Local government reforms continue

Federation's global take on water

National cattle kill slows

Drought has had a delayed effect, writes Carmen Hall.

National pride at stake in dog trial

The competitors in next month's transtasman dog trial test will be approaching it like any battle between the All Blacks and the Wallabies.

Addressing depression in rural communities

Water banking way of the future

The logic for water storage is irrefutable, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicting New Zealand could face more extreme climate conditions in the future.

Water quality measures need work

Apple boss on the job to grow reach

The man tasked with growing New Zealand's apple exports by at least half over the next decade admits he knew nothing about apples when he moved to Hawke's Bay.