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Federated Farmers water spokesman Chris Allen says with the absence of detail on Labour’s new water tax policy, voters will be sailing blind into the election.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is still assessing the likely means of entry of the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis, following its discovery on two dairy farms in the Morven area near Oamaru.
Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern says after National came into power it shelved the Environment Court judge David Sheppard’s national policy statement (NPS) initiated by the last Labour government.
The Labour Party has sent “blank invoices” to farmers around the country, says Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.
If elected, Labour’s charge on water for irrigation will be a “small royalty” for all “substantial takes”, says spokesman for water and the environment David Parker.
About 100 people attended a meeting with Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) officials in Waimate last night for an update on the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis.
New Zealand’s biggest co-op Fonterra has been recognised by its peers, winning the 2017 Co-operative Business of the Year title.
Testing is continuing on 16 Van Leeuwen Dairy Group (VLDG) farms in South Canterbury for the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis.
“This most extraordinary story has got me rocking.”
Independent dairy processor Westland Milk has lifted its forecast milk payout.
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The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction overnight saw the price index drop 1.6%.
MPI says it is continuing to build the picture of where the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis is present and contain it to those farms.
Former Reserve Bank Director Dame Alison Paterson has been appointed chair of the panel tasked with helping Fonterra find and elect qualified directors.
A Rotorua farm manager has been convicted and fined $3,500 after admitting he used a four-wheel drive to hit dairy cows.
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