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‘Disappointing’ is how Alliance Group is describing its latest annual result.
Rural insurer FMG has paid out $228 million to communities impacted by two major weather-related events - Cyclone Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods.
Pāmu is celebrating a significant milestone in its on-farm biodiversity protection and restoration programme, with over 10,000 hectares of important native habitat now protected in perpetuity with QEII covenants.
Food prices in New Zealand were 6.3% higher than a year ago but were cheaper in October 2023 than they were a month earlier, according to figures from Stats NZ.
While takeout deliveries may not reach the farm, remote households in Hurunui now have access to an innovative wellbeing delivery service that provides mental health support to their doorsteps.
The Rapid Relief Team (RRT) charity is urging farmers in the Wellsford area to sign up quickly for their share of hundreds of thousands of dollars of fencing materials.
New research has provided insight into the functional potential of wool-derived protein, with an initial trial revealing it can influence how the body responds to insulin.
A South Otago farmer who has donated close to 6,000 mince meals to food banks across the country through Meat the Need says giving back to those in need is part of his DNA.
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford says Greenpeace has shown itself as an anti-farming lobby by criticising Fonterra’s new on-farm emissions targets.
The Informing New Zealand Beef (INZB) programme is asking farmers, beef breeders and rural professionals, including agricultural consultants and facilitators, stock agents and vets, to take part in its annual industry survey.
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Fonterra Co-operative Council chair John Stevenson believes the co-op’s Scope 3 emissions target is achievable.
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Fonterra will reduce its board from 11 to 9 at the completion of the 2024 annual general meeting.
Cultivation and seeding specialist LEMKEN has topped off its Rubin compact disc harrow range with massive ten-metre working width.
Canterbury-based Vantage New Zealand has recently acquired Carrfields soil moisture technology and services business.
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