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OPINION: Federated Farmers has launched a new campaign, swapping ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ for ‘The Twelve Pests of Christmas’ to…
Owen Symmans has been appointed the new chief executive officer of New Zealand Pork Industry Board (NZPork). He replaces Sam McIvor.
Zespri this week released the start of a recovery pathway from the devastating vine-killing disease Psa involving the wide-scale release of a newly commercialised gold kiwifruit variety, known as Gold3.
TWO NEW guides released last week are intended to help migrant dairy workers and their employers work together more successfully.
The market held up fairly well for the last of the larger offerings of this season with 22,700 bales on offer and an 84% clearance, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson reports.
NEW ZEALAND’S agricultural technology transfer system is complex and fragmented, and the consequences could blemish our image overseas, a Government commissioned report warns.
AS RURAL News went to press thousands of hectares of crops remained to be harvested across the country in what's turning out to be one of the trickiest seasons for decades.
THE PRESIDENT of the Rural General Practitioners Network says more centralisation of medical services is inevitable but it needs to be done with input from the rural communities affected.
INSURANCE CLAIMS arising from the hurricane-force winds that hit Taranaki a fortnight ago reached $5 million last week and were still rising.
ANZ NZ bank is helping the kiwifruit industry find its way through the Psa-V disease, says its managing director, commercial and agri, Graham Turley.
WHILE THE Food Bill's progress through Parliament has been postponed, and some of the summer's furore was based on misinformation, concerns with the proposed legislation remain, says Green Party MP Steffan Browning.
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FOUR OF six prestigious new awards recognising outstanding commitment to sustainable land management and local communities have gone to farmers.
THE CROSS-Tasman drift of clever Kiwis was briefly reversed earlier this month with 18 of those involved in Landcare activities in Australia attending the Landcare Trust conference in Hamilton.
UPPER CLUTHA A&P Show continues to grow, riding a wave of popularity built on good old-fashioned country fun.
Riverina dairy farmers Neville and Ruth Kydd received more than half their average annual rainfall of 400mm in just five days earlier this month.
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