Rural primary schools have received more than $109,000 from ANZCO Foods.

Rural primary schools have received more than $109,000 from ANZCO Foods as part of the company’s Sponsor a School Programme, with several recipients located in the South Island.

Screenings will take place across New Zealand during the week commencing 8 April 2024 and during Organic Week (1 – 7 May).

A new UK documentary celebrating soil, food and farming is coming to independent cinemas and schools this April, thanks to farm-led charitable trust, Quorum Sense.

The classification is on top of $20,000 in funding made available to the Top of the South Rural Support Trust last month to provide extra support.

Federated Farmers Marlborough Province says it welcomes the announcement yesterday that current dry weather in the top of the South Island would be classified as a medium-scale adverse event.

Climate Change Commission chair Rod Carr.

The Climate Change Commission wants the new Government to reduce NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) auction volumes as son as possible.

Beef + Lamb NZ chair Kate Acland.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has welcomed the Government’s announcement it is suspending the requirement for councils to comply with the Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) provisions of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity for three years while it replaces the Resource Management Act (RMA). 

Maui Milk has asked its suppliers to end their milking season a month early as global demand for products wane.

Dairy sheep and goat farmers are being told to reduce milk supply as processors face a slump in global demand for their products.

Rabobank senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins.

There is increasing evidence that dairy demand is on the upswing, according to Rabobank senior agricultural analyst Emma Higgins.

Fertiliser use in New Zealand over the 18 months is about 25% down from what it consistently was for the previous decade or more, says Ravensdown chief operating officer Mike Whitty.

Fertiliser use in New Zealand over the 18 months is about 25% down from what it consistently was for the previous decade or more, says Ravensdown chief operating officer Mike Whitty.

An independent milk spray dryer in Hamilton, destined for liquidation, has been bought by a South Auckland goat milk processor.

A free interactive tool has been launched to provide apple and grape growers and prospective investors with a glimpse into how climate change may affect the risk and costs of living with plant diseases in different parts of New Zealand.

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners is celebrating the 10 newest specialist rural hospital doctors who were awarded the Fellowship of the Division of Rural Hospital Medicine (DRHM) over the course of 2023.

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