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A top priority for the incoming National-led coalition government is to sort out the ways regulations are formulated by various government agencies.
The incoming government needs to take a pragmatic and practical approach to dealing with a raft of issues affecting sheep and beef farmers.
Federated Farmers policy team staff reductions haven't just been about saving money or reducing headcount, chief executive Terry Copeland claims.
A recent community-led event in Ruatoria provided aid for farmers and communities still grappling with the aftermath of Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has been elected to the Board of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) for a two-year term commencing November 2023.
An increase in demand at the Wellington City Mission is driving a plea to help bridge the gap to supply protein.
All farmers will be worse off if planned reductions in Federated Farmers' policy team proceed.
Farmlands chief executive Tanya Houghton admits that the rural retailer is making a number of changes to its business model.
Rural retailer and supplier Farmlands is being accused of going off the rails and shareholders are being urged to take back control of the co-operative.
Fonterra chair Peter McBride says the co-operative isn't thinking about offering farmers any financial incentives for lowering their on-farm emissions profile.
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It's still taking some farmers around the Northern Hawke's Bay town of Wairoa twice as long to get to Gisborne or Wairoa because the bridge across the Te Reinga river is still not fixed.
Silver Fern Farms is facing "a huge amount of headwinds".
North Otago farmer Jane Smith is questioning the modus operandi of AgriZeroNZ - the industry and government partnership working to find a solution to reducing farm methane emissions.
Rural retailer and supplier Farmlands concedes it has had a challenging year.
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