In the first of four articles, Rural News looks at challenges facing these businesses, along with the opportunities presented by the co-operative model:

Labour shortages in the meat processing sector are easing with more migrant workers joining the ranks.

It was touted as a debate that would end with blood on the floor.

Waikato Regional Council has sought an interim Enforcement Order from the Environment Court to stop piggery effluent from entering a waterway north of Te Aroha.

Global food commodity prices rose in July, influenced by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and new trade restrictions on rice, says the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Oamaru-headquartered Te Pari’s recent acquisition of Vetmarker from Fenemor Innovations includes all trademarks and patents associated with the sheep docking apparatus.

Vantage New Zealand and Precision Farming are partnering with Trimble Agriculture with the aim of transforming NZ farming practices.

While most established sheep properties are likely to have a large traditional woolshed, many of these will be a little long in the tooth and craving some attention to maintenance.

The country is in the tail end of the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak, according to the Government.

Cobalt (as vitamin B12) and selenium are well recognised as essential trace elements for successful sheep farming in NZ.

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