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OPINION: Westland Milk may have won the contract to supply butter to Costco NZ but Open Country Dairy is having…
Competitors have been selected, all regional finals have concluded, and the journey towards the FMG Young Farmer of the Year Grand Final for Season 55 is underway.
Franklin Young Farmers member Lisa Kendall has once again been crowned the Northern FMG Young Farmer of the Year, earning her the seventh and final spot at the Season 55 Grand Final in July.
Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard stepped down from the role last week and was immediately announced as an ACT Party candidate for the next general elections. In his final column for the Feds, Hoggard had this to say on emissions pricing…
OPINION: As we wait for the Government to unveil its plan on pricing agricultural emissions, a new report spells out what could be in store for rural New Zealand.
OPINION: Farmers are rightly fuming over Labour's decision to increase the 'Ute Tax'.
OPINION: Former Federated Farmers president Andrew Hoggard rocked the local political scene last week by stepping down early from his farmer leader role to announce that he will contest the next election under the ACT Party banner.
OPINION: You'd think an organisation like Greenpeace would support green hydrogen projects.
OPINION: Census day is turning into the longest 'day' in living memory.
A fleet of new tractors and a telehandler certainly got the thumbs up from the permanent staff at Mystery Creek, as the New Zealand National Fieldays Society received the Case IH machinery as part of their sponsorship relationship with the agricultural machinery manufacturer.
The Executive Director of Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand (DCANZ), Kimberly Crewther has described the NZ/UK free trade deal (FTA) as a milestone for the industry.
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Farm nutrient management tool OverseerFM has improved the software's crop modelling capabilities.
Dairy customers around the world are demanding transparency, wanting to know about the sector's products and services, and what it is doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, says foresight practitioner and strategist Melissa Clarke-Reynolds.
Reports of effluent being illegally dumped from trucks in three locations in Waikato have prompted calls for trucking companies and farmers to improve their practices.
Co-operatives Ballance AgriNutrients and Fonterra are working together to streamline data sharing to make life easier for their joint customers.
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