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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…
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.
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.
THE TRUE cost of NAIT will hit dairy and beef farmers from next July when they may have to fork out about $7 million to fund most of the ongoing costs of the scheme.
THIS SEASON'S lamb crop will be the second lowest in 55 years.
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Alliance Group board candidate and Maniototo farmer, Dawn Sangster, has been on a whirlwind tour meeting groups of South Island farmers interested in the election.
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.
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