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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
Winston Peters has castigated Fonterra for its performance in China and believes there could be more value added to the agriculture sector.
Relocation funding is now available through Te Whatu Ora to support the recruitment of international general practitioners applying to work in rural primary care practices.
Troubled milk processor Synlait has been dealt another blow with cornerstone stakeholder a2 Milk Company (a2MC) giving notice to pull the plug on an exclusive manufacturing deal.
A former Fonterra director is thrilled that the co-operative is looking at reducing its board size, eight years after he successfully co-sponsored a motion for farmer shareholders.
Climate change, record low farmer confidence and an avalanche of government-sponsored regulations dominated the inaugural Rural Issues Debate in Hamilton earlier this month.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says it’s backing the country’s sheep farmers by choosing wool tiles to carpet its Wellington office.
Dairy prices rose for the second successive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction last week, but the jury is still out on whether prices have turned a corner.
China's slower than expected recovery from Covid-19 and an oversupply of Australian sheep meat is causing problems for NZ sheep farmers.
Major players in the primary sector are mobilising staff ahead of NIWA's predictions that regions severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle are about to be hit by potentially one of the country's worst droughts.
Farmers have expressed alarm at some banks setting targets to reduce emissions at a time when the sector is under growing financial strain.
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Mark Cameron, the ACT Party’s agricultural spokesperson, says farmers are both referee and player in “the game of farming”.
ACT Party agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron says he regrets earlier statements made prior to his time in Parliament but stands by the tone in which they were made.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Government is not to blame for on-farm pressures.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Government didn’t hold an inquiry into rural banking because the sector didn’t ask for one.
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