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Federated Farmers West Coast provincial president, Katie Milne, has been elected to the farmer lobby's board.
Progressive Meats Managing Director, Craig Hickson is the 2012 Allflex/Federated Farmers Agribusiness Person of the Year.
A Waikato farming company has been fined nearly $32,000 for illegally discharging dairy effluent.
Federated Farmers has re-elected the heads of its dairy and meat and fibre groups for another term.
Don't expect any "free stuff" from Government, the Minister of Finance Bill English told Federated Farmers.
A FARM owned by Fonterra director Colin Armer has copped a $72,000 fine for unlawful discharge of effluent.
NITROGEN IS up and DAP down in the two main fertiliser cooperative’s latest price list revisions.
More than 30,000 farmers have signed up for the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) scheme for cattle and deer ahead of the mandatory implementation for cattle on July 1.
Parts of coastal Rangitikei are reaping the rewards of the Animal Health Board's (AHB) moves to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (TB) from New Zealand.
There are signs the dairy market could be stabilising. At the recent global dairy trade auction, prices somewhat maintained the sharp gains made in the prior auction.
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There was a large variance in works prices paid for lambs in the South Island last week so it continues to be difficult to put a peg in the sand on where the general market is.
Demand for R2yr cattle remains strong in most regions while farmers enter the market looking for replacements.
The prime cattle keep rolling into the works in the North Island which is keeping a lid on prices. Last week, 300kg prime steer was $4.15/kg on average
A new spray dryer facility, New Zealand Food Innovation Waikato, was officially opened at Waikato Innovation Park by the Economic Development and Science and Innovation Minister, Steven Joyce.
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