Marts managers are calling for financial support for marts to install online bidding systems and changes to future Level 5 restrictions which might allow ringside buyers.
Soundings over the possibility of large, intensive dairy farms possibly needing a licence from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should be a warning shot the entire sector takes note of, for it has implications that possibly stretch far wider than dairying.
A senior Department official raised the possibility of intensively stocked dairy farms requiring an EPA licence as far back as May.
Material handling on farms is very often considered a job for a tractor and front end loader. Yet this arrangement is only an adaption of a universal tool, one that is designed, first and foremost, for ploughing a field.
As the year draws in, some people in the trade are questioning the Government's response to the problems Covid restrictions are creating for over-worked and stressed mart staff. Questions are also being asked about the will of bigger operators to lobby the authorities on the broadband problems being experienced by smaller marts.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says it will tighten social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area and some parts of eastern Gangwon province to try to suppress a … Click to Continue »
SpaceX's newly-launched capsule with four astronauts arrived on Tuesday at the International Space Station (ISS), their new home until spring.
