Business

Woolless or finer wool

Modelling shows Wiltshire-Romney cross could relieve farmers of the costly animal welfare requirement to shear coarse-wool sheep. By Jo Cuttance.

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Opening the Windows

Kirstin Mills negotiates 30 years of Microsoft’s operating systems.

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Wonderful wool coats

Inspiration for a product originating on the family farm came from standing on the cold winter sidelines of a rugby match.

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Making of a great manager

Opportunities await for multi-skilled farm managers with the combination of practical farming experience and necessary analytical skills. Tony Leggett reports.

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Proposal not cautious enough

The Government has released its proposals for agricultural emissions charges as part of climate change mitigations. Joanna Grigg reports on the proposals and their conflicts with the industry’s He Waka Eke Noa suggestions.

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Wool’s cool and it bounces

A pair of mobile wool sheds are on a tour of New Zealand schools teaching students about the story of wool. Annabelle Latz reports.

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Seeking grazing personalities

Is it possible to genetically select deer according to their grazing personality?

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A sea-change thanks to velvet

A son’s rugby injury and its treatment with deer velvet products convinced Barry Cuttance to give up life as a sea-farer. Lynda Gray reports.

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A deer milestone

Set up in the very early days of New Zealand deer farming, the people of Invermay have celebrated half a century of scientific research for the industry. By Lynda Gray.

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Where to next for deer?

The report card is out on a seven-year strategy for the deer industry costing $15 million, Lynda Gray looks at the results.

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