Food insecurity
OPINION: Good on the UK'S NFU for battling to get supermarkets to prioritise local farmers' produce.
Rural insurer FMG says paying out a record amount of claims, because of the Kaikoura earthquake, has seen it incur a loss for the latest financial year.
Otago farmer Nigel Woodhead has won the FMG Young Farmer of the Year title after three days of intense competition in the national final.
The country's main farm insurer FMG is encouraging farmers who have suffered quake damage to telephone for advice on making claims.
Farmstrong is a fresh initiative to promote the wellbeing of all farmers and growers in New Zealand.
New Zealand owned rural insurer FMG has announced an after tax profit of $26.7 million – its sixth consecutive profit.
Rural insurance company Farmers Mutual Group will have a wider presence at stock auctions and stud sales, according to FMG business development manager Hayden Dunne.
A JOINT study by rural insurer FMG and Lincoln University suggests three actions farmers and growers can take to help prevent storm damage to their irrigators: point, park and anchor.
OPINION: Good on the UK'S NFU for battling to get supermarkets to prioritise local farmers' produce.
OPINION: Seven of the UK's major supermarket chains have now responded to the call for them to back the nation's…