NEWS

Tabula builds AI platform to keep farm data in-house

Tabula, which began as TracMap 20 years ago, is building its own AI platform to keep customer data inside the business.

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Rodeo welfare code review opens for public consultation

A proposed rodeo welfare code could see some roping and steer wrestling events end before the animal is brought to the ground.

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Central West NSW farm prices cool after post-COVID boom

A McGrath rural agent says well set-up mixed farms in the NSW Central West sell for A$10,000 an acre or more as post-COVID growth cools.

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Farmer panel wants government to push telcos on coverage

Southern farmer Harriet Bremner worries about owner-operators working alone since the 3G shutdown, with no reception to call for help.

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Teachers push to restore Year 11 agriculture to curriculum

Agriculture teachers want level one agriculture back in the senior curriculum, saying science teachers are unlikely to cover the content.

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Pāmu-led programme tests virtual fencing on hill country

Virtual fencing collars went on cattle on nine commercial sheep and beef farms in August and September as part of Pāmu's LIFT programme.

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Science leader says FoodHQ closure will cost the economy

Professor Troy Baisden says closing Palmerston North's FoodHQ innovation hub will cost the economy unless other ways are found to do its work.

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Tairāwhiti trust maps whenua three winters after Gabrielle

Tairāwhiti Whenua Charitable Trust chief executive Hilton Collier says the trust has mapped its members’ land at a 1:3000 scale to understand where and how it is best used.

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IRP Webinar: Modelling food system sustainability in NZ

This webinar unpacked new research led by the Riddet Institute and Wakatū Incorporation, developing a practical model of New Zealand’s food system.

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First fresh potato test container heads to Taiwan

New Zealand has sent its first test container of fresh potatoes to Taiwan since regaining access to the market, says Potatoes NZ.

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