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OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of…
SOIL & HEALTH Association of New Zealand spokesperson Steffan Browning has become an MP by virtue of being 10th on the Green Party list.
JOHN HARTNELL, chairman of Federated Farmers Bees and a former Feds national board member, is a semi-finalist in the 2012 Kiwibank Local Heroes Award, recognising his work as "generalissimo" of the Farmy Army in the wake of Christchurch's February and June earthquakes.
ABOUT 3500 Waikato farmers will soon require resource consent to take extra water for dairy shed use.
AS Greenpeace launches its annual attack on dairying's use of palm kernel, drought is looming over key agricultural areas, threatening to put pressure on feed availability.
RURAL RETAILER Farmlands says it has taken another step in its quest to become the North Island's dominant player.
THE DAIRY industry is funding a scoping study into biological farming systems.
A MOVE by Australian beef producers to wind up the industry's umbrella body, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), has failed.
THE DAYS of selling New Zealand products based solely as 'clean and green' are gone, says Federated Farmers vice president William Rolleston.
THE PROPOSED merger between kiwifruit companies Satara and Seeka will be voted on by Satara shareholders this week.
A NEW $60 million scheme, designed to help more young people own or have a financial interest in a farm, has been launched by ANZ.
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THE FIRST product from Synlait’s new $100 million infant formula plant will appear on supermarket shelves in Shanghai in the next fortnight.
FARMERS ARE concerned that imported strawberry seed kits went on sale without proper biosecurity checks.
EAT MORE seasonal fruits and vegetables and take advantage of specials.
A LEADING economist is predicting the New Zealand dollar to drop buffering farmers from lower commodity prices in the coming year.
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