Earlier articles on Farmnews - up to 28 Feb 2007

Seeing red
Scientists from the food group at Lincoln University believe they have found a way to produce bright red semi-dried tomatoes that have an acceptable taste and keeping qualities

• Importers flocking to bring in meat
• Avoiding holey balage
• A smart start to organic farming
• New management tool for East Aussies
• Re-used urban water could be boon for agriculture
• Melvin Din tells us how to make biodiesel
• Monty Roberts - A man who listens to all animals
• Looking after your eyes while at the computer
• Taming the beast
• Clover and nitrogen
• Pizzles in Paradise
• A few tips on making balage
• A look at lamb yields
• Fonterra announces "tactical" milk pricing plans

New solar site launched
A well designed and installed solar water heating system can heat between 50% and 75% of your hot water every year – even in less sunny parts of New Zealand.

• Dairy event expands across South Island
• How to get rid of those bunnies
• Not enough bulls on the job in Southland
• Controlling wild turnip
• Keeping birds off the balage
• Leading soil expert says biological farming is the future
• Suncreen in pesticides could increase their lifespan
• Canesis deal goes unconditional
• Tracking food products from farm to the fork
• Seven university scholarships to be awarded
• Mark & Measure goals help young couple
• Clover root weevil in South Island
• Waituna Landcare Group educating kids
• More solar powered water heaters for NZ
• New financial system for dairy farmers
• Big bio-diesel plans in Argentina
• Perennial wheat could be possible
• Young Farmers training for the future
• New arrangements for NZ butter
• Mapping the sheep - a world first
• Sustainable deer farming
• Cows not all black and white - eyesight
• The dreaded Macrocarpa
• Can once a day milking really work?
• Controversy about the banning of 2-4D in Canada
• The fats of life come a full circle

Prime lamb competition offers unique opportunities
Farmers wanting to get down to the nitty-gritty of prime lamb grading will soon have the opportunity to do so - using the latest scanning technology from Alliance Group.

• Avian flu strategy in Canada
• Canadian beef producers bite back
• A fuel by-product...
• Farmers beware of grass patents
• Checking ram libido
• African waste managment