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Muster 193: Family Demands and Can They Be Managed Better?
From Don Fraser, Fraser Farm Finance
Muster 192: Dairy Industry At Crossroads
From Rod Oram, Business Commentator
Muster 191: Agriculture and Generation Y
From Peter Sheahan, Generational Change Expert
Muster 190: Introduction To Off-Farm Investing
From ABN Amro Craigs
Muster 189: Climate Change and Farming - The Facts
From the Kyoto Forestry Asociation
Muster 188: The Real Big Chill
From Meat and Wool New Zealand
Muster 187: Mid-Season Update
From Meat and Wool New Zealand
Muster 186: The Nonsense That Is Global Warming
From Ken Ring, lunar forecaster
Muster 185: The Soils Belong To The Universe
From Don Fraser, Fraser Farm Finance
Muster 184: Climate Change Policy: Challenge It
From Chris Garland, farm consultant
Muster 183: Japan And The US - Beef Wars
A Rabobank Special Report
Muster 182: Barking Mad: Microchipping
Federated Farmers
Muster 181: Brighter Outlook For Ag Industry
A Rabobank Special Report
Muster 180: Selecting The Right Ryegrass
Steve Bethell, Pasture advisor
Muster 179: Lean Times? Don't Forget Your Lifeline
Doug Edmeades, Soil scientist
Muster 178: Farming In 2020 (Part 2)
Chris Garland, farm consultant
Muster 177: Farming In 2020 (Part 1)
Chris Garland, farm consultant
Muster 176: Six For 2006
ABN Amro Craigs Report
Muster 175: Explosion of Companies
From Tony Haisman, farm accountant
Muster 174: Necessity - the Mother of Invention
From Chris Russell, Australian Correspondent.
Muster 173: Energising the World
From Tony Hammington, Rabobank.
Muster 172: Seeking Quality Advice (Sorting The S**t From The Clay!)
From John Smart, Clutha Vets.
Muster 171: Treasury Right, Cullen Wrong
From Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers' Vice-President.
Muster 170: Battles in Britain
From Lynn Berry, dairy consultant.
Muster 169: If I am Working So Hard Why Am I So Poor?
From Don Fraser, Principal of Fraser Farm Finance.
Muster 168: When Is A Fertiliser Not A Fertiliser?
From Doug Edmeades, soil scientist.
Muster 167: Fuel Price Crisis
From Chris Garland, farm consultant.
Muster 166: Kyoto Will Further Hamper NZ's Competitiveness
From Malcolm Souness, Rural Energy .
Muster 165: Rural Policy - Where Do They Stand?
From the Farmingshow team.
Muster 164: Rural Health: Where Does The Rural Sector Stand?
From Charlie Pedersen, Federated Farmers.
Muster 163: View from the US
From Andrew Burtt - Meat and Wool New Zealand, USA.
Muster 162: Whole Lotta Wrightson
From Mark Lister - ABN Amro Craigs.
Muster 161: Maximise Nutrient Efficiency
From Warwick Catto, Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Muster 160: Action Orange
From Tom Lambie, Federated Farmers National President.
Muster 159: Why Farmers Object To The Government's Access Reforms
From Federated Farmers.
Muster 158: Measuring End-of-Season Feed
From Peter Hook, Farm consultant.
Muster 157: NZ's Wake Up Call
From Jeff Grant, Meat and Wool NZ.
Muster 156: Foot and Mouth - What If?
From Phil Reid, Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Muster 155: Farting against the Wind
From Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers.
Muster 154: Is the Proposed Free Trade Agreement with China actually free
From Chris Russell, Australian correspondent.
Muster 153: US Farming - a Powerhouse in Transition
From Tony Hammington, Rabobank.
Muster 152: A Cure for Nodding Thistles
From Steve Bethell - Pasture consultant
Muster 151: How Resistant Are You?
From John Smart - Clutha Vets
Muster 150: Shearing To The Future
From Robert Pattison - Tectra
Muster 149: An Outsider's View
From Aaron Meikle - Meat and Wool New Zealand
Muster 148: The Great Canada Goose Debate Continues
From Charlie Pedersen - National Vice President of Federated Farmers
Muster 147: The Life and Times of a Farm Accountant
From Bruce McPherson - Malloch McLean farm accountant.
Muster 146: Staffing Issues
From Don Fraser - Fraser Farm Finance
Muster 145: Inverdales lift lambing percentage
From Lynden Prebble - Farm consultant
Muster 144: A Case for the Moon
From Ken Ring - lunar forecaster
Muster 143: The Future for the A&P Show
From Keith Cooper - PPCS
Muster 142: Creep Grazing
From Deane Carson - Tectra
Muster 141: Curing Sick Swedes
From Steve Bethell - Annett Grain and Seed
Muster 140: Slugs - The Enemy
From David Kirk - Advance Agriculture
Muster 139: Don't Forget The Lime
From Lynne Moore, Tectra
Muster 138: Update From The States
From Andrew Burtt, Meat and Wool New Zealand.
Muster 137: Travel by Motor Vehicle between Home and Work
From Bruce McPherson, farm accountant.
Muster 136: What Exactly Is Endophyte?
From Steve Bethell, Pasture consultant.
Muster 135: Thistle Control - No Silver Bullet
From Lew Willoughby, Tectra.
Muster 134: Light at the End of the Tunnel?
From Stuart Collie - Environment Southland
Muster 133: The Cost of Conservation
From Tony Hammington, Rabobank
Muster 132: When to Wean
From Sally Hobson, Tectra.
Muster 131: Time to turn sentiment into action
From Tom Lambie, Federated Farmers.
Muster 130: Stronger For Longer
From Julian Morris, ABN Amro Craigs.
Muster 129: How Much More Can Deer Farmers Take?
From David Stevens, deer farmer
Muster 128: Benio Station One Year On
From Phil Reid, Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Muster 127: Re-launch of the Fernmark Quality Programme
From Robert Pattison, Tectra.
Muster 126: Give Me Land, Lots of Land
From John Morrison, rural and political commentator.
Muster 125: Silage - for better or for worse!
From Chris Russell, ruminant nutritionist and the Farmingshow's Australian correspondent
Muster 124: Bloody criminal!
From Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers Southland president
Muster 123: The Best Laid Plans Don't Always Work
From Jeff Grant, Meat and Wool New Zealand chairman
Muster 122: Ewe Efficience - SSomething Else To Think About In Lambing
From Alan Marshall, Tectra regional manager - Canterbury Nelson Marlborough
Muster 121: That Time OF The Year
From Lyn Berry, dairy consultant
Muster 120: Fatten Your Wallet By Maximising Lamb Survival
From with John Smart B.V.Sc, senior farm vet, Clutha Vets
Muster 119: The Triplet-Bearing Ewe
From Peter Hook, independent farm consultant, Charlton Farm Consultancy, Gore
Muster 118: High Country Development
From Warwick Catto, Ballance Agri-Nutrients head of agro sciences
Muster 117: Scanning - How Did You Get There, How Can You Improve
From Aaron Meikle, Farmingshow North Otago correspondent / Tectra North Otago regional manager
Muster 116: Roading - Unfair For Rural New Zealanders
From with Charlie Pedersen, Federated Farmers of New Zealand vice-president.
Muster 115: The 5.0% Conundrum?
with Julian Morris, senior investment advisor, ABN Amro Craigs
Muster 114: Who Is The Consumer Of The Future?
with Keith Cooper, PPCS chief operating officer
Muster 113: ME - What is it?
with Deane Carson, Tectra Ltd regional manager
Muster 112: Feeding Ewes
with Graham Butcher, farm consultant, Rural Solutions Ltd
Muster 111: Herd Scheme Valuations
with Bruce McPherson, senior farm accountant
Muster 110: Dairy Update
with Paul Brown, South Island Dairy Farmers managing director
Muster 109: Defending The RMA
with Ted Loose, Environment Southland chairperson
Muster 108: Expansion of the EU
with Tony Hammington, Rabobank southern South Island regional manager
Muster 107: Are you spending too much on fertiliser?
with Chris Wade, soil scientist, AgriServices New Zealand and Nitron Australasia
Muster 106: Where Are All Our Farm Leaders?
with Tom Lambie, Federated Farmers of New Zealand president
Muster 105: Deer - A Sunrise or Sunset Industry?
with David Stevens, deer farmer and former New Zealand Deer Farmers Association president
Muster 104: The Birth of 'Benio Station'
with Phil Reid, Ballance Agri-Nutrients' Technical Field Representative
Muster 103: When The City Meets The Country
with Chris Russell, the Farmingshow's Australian correspondent
Muster 102: What are these confused "new righties" saying?
with John Morrison, rural-political commentator
Muster 101: Prospects for Lamb and Beef and for the Lower North Island
with Jeff Grant, Chairman, Meat New Zealand
Muster 100: I've been er, thinking!
with Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers Southland president
Muster 99: An Autumn Problem?
with Lyn Berry, dairy consultant
Muster 98: Maximising Ewes' Conception Rates
with John Smart, senior farm vet, Clutha Vets, South Otago
Muster 97: After The Drought
with Peter Hook, senior farm consultant, Charlton Farm Consultancy
Muster 96: How Safe Is My Food?
with Warwick Catto, head of agro sciences, Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Muster 95: What's Next?
with Charlie Pedersen, Federated Farmers of New Zealand vice-president
Muster 94: Picking the Wrong Horse or Shonky Advice?
with Julian Morris, senior investment advisor, ABN Amro Craigs
Muster 93: The Supermarket Battles
with Keith Cooper, PPCS chief operating officer
Muster 92: Some lessons from dry years and dry regions
with Aaron Meikle, Tectra, Southland regional manager.
Muster 91: Applications For Phenoxybutyric Herbicides
with Graham Crawford, Ag-chem expert, RD1.
Muster 90: Tree Fodder - not for trendy greenies after all
with Graham Butcher, farm consultant, Rural Solutions Ltd.
Muster 89: Drawings - The Age Old Question
supplied by Bruce McPherson, farm accountant.
Muster 88: Udder Facts
with Paul Brown, South Island Dairy Farmers managing director.
Muster 87: Expansion or Intensification - Which Option For You?
with Tony Hammington, Rabobank NZ Ltd Southern South Island regional manager.
Muster 86: A Fullback's View
with John Wilson, senior investment advisor, ABN Amro Craigs.
Muster 85: Comparing the value of fertiliser, lime and trace element products
with Chris Wade, soil scientist, Agriservices New Zealand and Nitron Australasia.
Muster 84: The Real Farming Heroes
with Tom Lambie, Federated Farmers of New Zealand president.
Muster 83: Postcard From China
with David Stevens, Deer farmer.
Muster 82: Put "agri" in front of "cultural"
with Don Nicolson, Federated Farmers Southland president.
Muster 81: The Science Behind Good Swedes
with Phil Reid, Ballance Agri Nutrients technical sales rep.
Muster 80: Live Sheep and Cattle Exports or "Tails of the Arabian Fights"
with Chris Russell, Australian-based animal nutritionist.
Muster 79: Same old Same old
with John Morrison, rural commentator.
Muster 78: Lamb Forum USA
with Jeff Grant, Chairman, Meat New Zealand.
Muster 77: Copping Some Copper
with Lyn Berry, dairy consultant.
Muster 76: A Review of Nitrogen in Southland
with Peter Hook, farm consultant, Charlton Farm Consultancy.
Muster 75: Impartial Information - The Truth Is Out There
with Warwick Catto, Head of Agro-Sciences for Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
Muster 74 Is Image Everything?
with Charlie Pedersen, Federated Farmers of New Zealand vice-president
Muster 73 Three key skills for share investors
with John Wilson, investment advisor, ABN Amro Craigs, Gore
Muster 72 MWI's Search For More Efficient Production
with Aaron Meikle, Meat and Wool Innovation, Gore
Muster 71 PPCS - "Closed Shop" No More
with Keith Cooper, PPCS chief operating officer.
Muster 70 Ragwort Control
with Graham Crawford, agri-chem specialist, RD1.
Muster 69 How To Spot A Farm Consultant From 50 Paces
with Graham Butcher, farm consultant, Rural Solutions Ltd.
Muster 68 The GST implications of deferred settlements on land sales
with Bruce McPherson, Malloch McClean farm accountant