Cyclone-hit wool scourer reopens
The world's largest wool scouring facility, WoolWorks Awatoto plant in Napier, is back operating at full capacity.
The 2023 East Coast Farming Expo, scheduled for next week in Wairoa, has been cancelled.
Devstation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle has cut off the northern Hawke’s Bay town, with regional and local roading damaged.
In an email to exhibitors, Expo event manager Sue Wilson says the Wairoa A&P Showgrounds has been dissemated with water and silt ripping through buildings leaving total distruction.
With some buildings and fences destroyed it will take months to restore the grounds.
Wilson says after three challenging years, her team were looking forward to delivering the event next week for farmers on the east coast.
“But it isn’t to be, and we need to concentrate on making sure our local community are okay.
“Right now our focus is on those who need support, with some team member’s homes and land being destroyed in Gabrielle’s path of destruction.
“Stakeholders and exhibitors are asked to be patient for the next week until communication is restored, when we will be in contact.”
South Waikato farm manager Ben Purua’s amazing transformation from gang life to milking cows was rewarded with the Ahuwhenua Young Maori Farmer award last night.
Bankers have been making record profits in the last few years, but those aren’t the only records they’ve been breaking, says Federated Farmers vice president Richard McIntyre.
The 2023-24 season has been a roller coaster ride for Waikato dairy farmers, according to Federated Farmers dairy section chair, Mathew Zonderop.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) director general Ray Smith says job cuts announced this morning will not impact the way the Ministry is organised or merge business units.
Scales Corporation is acquiring a number of orchard assets from Bostock Group.
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