A report presented this week at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society suggests that despite claims to […]
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Who’s reporting science-related issues in New Zealand?
New Zealand has some fine science and environment reporters reporting for print, television and radio. Based all over the country, […]
Continue readingODT:Farming confronting technical conundrums
Neal Wallace of the Otago Daily Times writes about warnings that NZ’s pasture-based farming system might have to change. Stephen […]
Continue readingODT: Facing up to global farming reality
Neal Wallance writes in the Otago Dilay Times about fears that food crises could outweigh climate change in the near […]
Continue readingGreener pastures? GM forage crops in New Zealand
ONLINE BRIEFING: Tues 2 March 2010, 10:30 a.m. Drought-resistance, reduced greenhouse gas emissions intensity, superior nutrition for livestock — these […]
Continue readingDom Post: Tagging could unleash farm innovation
Claire McEntee of the Dominion Post talks about a new, controversial tagging scheme for livestock which could eventually boost farm […]
Continue readingDom Post: Wool’s being bred into a thing of the past
Jon Morgan of the Dominion Post reports on Kakatahi farmer David “Tex” Matthews, who is building up a flock of […]
Continue readingNZ Herald: Back to NZ for the serious stuff
Fran O’Sullivan of the NZ Herald about New Zealand’s role, and its agenda, at the recent Copenhagen climate talks. Of […]
Continue readingShould we put biowaste on our agricultural land?
Biowaste is the unavoidable end-point of our civilisation. It’s made up of all of our waste, including biosolids (sewage sludge) […]
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