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OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
Have global dairy prices found a floor? Economists don't think so.
Dairy farmers want the incoming government to keep a tight control of its own spending and avoid contributing to inflationary pressures.
Rumours are circulating about a new farmer-led campaign aimed at challenging the current drive for taxing biogenic methane.
New Zealand scored a landmark victory over Canada, stopping it from protecting its dairy industry and effectively blocking our dairy exports to that country.
International food commodity prices declined in August, led by staples other than rice and sugar, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has announced the finalists for its 2023 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards.
NZ Landcare Trust has been awarded the Toitū net carbonzero certification in line with ISO 14064-1.
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer is stepping down from the role.
New research has found that adding solar panels to sheep and beef farms could improve their profitability and environmental and animal welfare outcomes.
Leading figures from major political parties will be grilled on their primary sector policies at the inaugural Rural Issues Debate at Mystery Creek Events Centre on 14 September.
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New Zealand’s Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor says he welcomes the CPTPP Panel’s ruling in favour of New Zealand in its trade dispute against Canada.
A teenage worker needed three fingers partially amputated when his summer holiday job went horribly wrong in a workplace incident with a leading stone fruit producer in Central Otago.
A new study from Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) shows that land-use change is continuing to have an impact on livestock numbers.
Six of New Zealand’s finest butchers have been named as part of the country's national butchery team, the Hellers Sharp Blacks.
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