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The meat industry must stop dancing on a pinhead and get serious about protecting the future of beef, sheep and deer farming, says Jeff Grant, a candidate for meat processor Alliance board elections.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand is calling for director nominations and annual meeting remits.
FEDERATED FARMERS is paying tribute to Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden, who will step down next year.
THE WEATHER and the transport rules relating to work time are causing frustration for a North Island contractor.
THE RESOURCE Management Act (RMA) has come under fire from a regional council leader.
WHILE FARMING fashions change and breeding values replace the eye-ometer for many farmers, the Canterbury A&P Show remains an important shop window for breeders.
Fonterra chairman Henry van der Heyden has announced his intention to step down in a year's time.
THE SMART phone looks like holding the key to educating consumers about beef and lamb.
MEAT & LIVESTOCK Australia (MLA) has launched its latest beef marketing campaign to get barbecues firing and tongs turning right through the summer season.
AN AUSTRALIAN senate inquiry into the supermarket milk price war has left a bad taste among farmers.
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THE FIRST BATCH of infant formula from Canterbury processor Synlait Milk goes on sale in Shanghai supermarkets next month.
IMPROVING PUBLIC perception of irrigated agriculture is an important challenge for the new Irrigation New Zealand chairman John Donkers.
AROUND THE country, sheep farmers are naturally rejoicing at the great prices that they are getting for their lambs – and so they should be.
HUGE FOCUS is on the negative impact of the global financial crisis and the resulting market volatility. Farmers should also consider the benefits of the changing global landscape, to identify how they can make those opportunities work for them personally.
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