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Agriculture and Trade Minister Todd McClay plans to visit India in the next fortnight, his first trade mission since the formation of the Government.
Herd Improvement company LIC is paying out over $2 million this week, as compensation for supplying some dairy farmers bad sire semen.
A new Government directive to prefer the use of woollen fibres in its buildings has the potential to transform the rural sector.
Farmers, iwi and other community members are celebrating the second anniversary of a large-scale initiative to create an ecological corridor in the Waipā district.
The Christchurch City Mission, one of the organisations receiving food support from charity Meat The Need, says they are providing approximately 200 more food parcels a month than they were this time last year.
Herd Improvement company LIC has apologised to dairy farmers and is offering financial compensation to those impacted by a bad batch of sire semen.
Farmers have given the incoming Government the tick of approval.
Incoming Minister for Food Safety and Biosecurity Andrew Hoggard says he’s “really excited” to get those roles.
The new Coalition Government unveiled today will have several farmers holding associate minister roles outside Cabinet.
The New Zealand Veterinary Association Te Pae Kīrehe (NZVA) is calling on animal owners to work with their veterinarian to keep animals healthy and help prevent drug-resistant infections from developing.
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Grassland specialists Kuhn has extended its Gyrorake offering with the addition of the GA 8731+ and GA 9531+ models.
Following much speculation, New Holland used last week’s giant Agritechnica event in Germany to finally show off its new flagship combine harvester.
Cattle can be infected with several species of roundworms when grazing pastures.
AgResearch is claiming that new technology to measure bovine methane emissions will bolster efforts to reduce the climate change impact from livestock.
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