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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
Increased activity from China and India helped lift some wool sector prices significantly for the 11,700 bales on offer this week, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson reports.
Australian Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Joe Ludwig is in New Zealand on a two-day visit.
A calf, mortally wounded in a botched poaching incident, has Federated Farmers concerned someone will end up being killed.
While the 2012/13 season will be tough for farmers, Federated Farmers believes it is not as dire as some commentators say.
SEVERAL HUNDRED hectares of one-year-old pine trees are to be mulched to make way for pasture and then herds of dairy cows. The reason: the low cost of carbon credits and the higher returns from dairying
LOSSES TO the kiwifruit industry from Psa-V will be much greater than the predicted $500 million over five years, says grower representative Neil Trebilco.
HORTICULTURE NEW Zealand has gone on the offensive against Horizons Regional Council’s One Plan with a cover story in its NZ Grower magazine predicting a bleak future for the sector unless significant changes are made to the plan.
infrastructure. One kiwifruit and avocado grower particularly concerned by the proposals is Dermott Malley. “I’ve got 110kv, 50kv, and 11kv lines on my property: the Royal Flush!” he told Rural News.
STRATEGY SHOULD come before structure for new proposals to get the crossbred wool industry on its feet, chief executive of the New Zealand Merino Company Ltd, John Brakenridge, says.
LONG-TERM PROSPECTS are still bright for sheep and beef despite a big drop in farmer confidence, says Beef+Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.
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DIRECTORS OF industry-good organisation DairyNZ are in line for a pay increase.
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST cotton farm has been sold to a consortium which includes a Chinese textile maker.
DEBT FUNDING structured so that it works for both bank and farm business means the debt is not experienced as a noose around the borrower’s neck.
DROUGHT IN the US and New Zealand economics are coming together in a delicate dance that could affect returns to Kiwi farmers.
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