By clicking on the link below you can read the Southdown Special that was published in the Rural News, October 2011.
Southdown Sheep Society, NZ
"The sheep with an illustrious past and a very bright future"
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Agri News
- New Zealand Centre for Brain Research testing Alzheimer’s treatments on sheep 26/04/2024'The most value these animals will have is the pre-clinical testing.' […]
- Injured man leaves Southland Hospital’s ED after waiting seven hours for help 26/04/2024By the time he was seen, he was nauseous, shaking and needed IV antibiotics. […]
- Inside Norsewear’s rural factory keeping a village afloat, one pair of socks at a time 26/04/2024A woollen goods factory is defying the odds, in the process keeping a Kiwi village going. […]
- New Zealand Centre for Brain Research testing Alzheimer’s treatments on sheep 26/04/2024
Farming News
- Child dies after crash in rural Auckland drivewayPhoto: supplied A child has died after a driveway crash in Auckland's Karaka. […]
- Child dies after driveway crash in rural AucklandPhoto: supplied A child has died after a driveway crash in Auckland's Karaka. […]
- Child dies after crash in rural Auckland driveway
Country News
- NZ Centre for Brain Research testing Alzheimer's treatments on sheepA University of Auckland geneticist says sheep are ideal for testing drugs, due to their longer life span, complex brain structure and genetic similar […]
- Canterbury A&P Association's board director paid $75k for landing $5m council dealThe Canterbury A&P Association's board is keeping mum after it emerged one of their own received $75k to help secure a multimillion-dollar co […]
- Wilding pine work 'will go backwards' with reduced fundingLand cleared of the pest plants is now "prime for re-infestation". […]
- Senior A&P figures hopeful of salvaging this year's NZ Agricultural ShowThe future of the Christchurch show has been secured, but it remains to be seen whether the 2024 event can go ahead at this stage. […]
- Cattle fatally injured after stock truck rollsA vet and some farmers helped out at the scene of the incident in central Hawke's Bay this morning. […]
- Mice cause havoc on ship carrying 1.2m trays of Zespri kiwifruit to EuropeThe company is working out how much of the $25m shipment - its first to Europe this season - has to be dumped. […]
- A&P show deal reached with Christchurch CouncilChristchurch Council reaches deal over A&P show, but it's not clear if it will go ahead this year. […]
- Fiordland wapiti elk: Forest and Bird takes legal action over hunting agreementConservationists are butting heads about the best way to control Fiordland's wapiti elk populations, now the subject of a legal stoush. […]
- New import rules to avoid repeat of hepatitis A outbreakFrozen berries coming into New Zealand will have to meet new import rules, in a bid to improve food safety. […]
- Mandarin prices fall due to soft demandThe quality is high this year but the price growers are being paid is lower, one grower says. […]
- International auditor to do more checks after damning East Coast reportAn international forestry auditor has spoken out about a visit to the slash-damaged East Coast region last year. […]
- NZ Centre for Brain Research testing Alzheimer's treatments on sheep
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