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OPINION: The old saying 'a new broom sweeps clean' doesn't always hold up, if you ask the Hound.
While warmer than average temperatures are expected across most of the country until Christmas, commodity prices are showing a somewhat more stable outlook for the season ahead.
The head of Massey University School of Agriculture and Environment, Professor Paul Kenyon, has received another accolade.
NZ's red meat exports dropped to $615 million in October - a 14% drop on the same month last year.
The repeal of Fair Pay Agreements (FPA) legislation by the new Government will be a great Christmas gift for farmers and rural service businesses, claims Federated Farmers.
Recent rains are almost the last straw for sheep and beef farmers in Tairawhiti.
Dan Boulton has been appointed as the new chief executive of Silver Fern Farms.
The new chair of Parliament’s primary production select committee, Mark Cameron, is promising “better law making” for the sector.
Alliance Group director Pat McEvedy has been voted off the board.
New Zealanders are set to celebrate National Lamb Day on 15 February.
According to the New Zealand Dairy Statistics report, dairy sector production held strong in the face of difficult climate conditions throughout the 2022/23 season.
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New research led by a University of Canterbury academic has identified that conventional seed banking alone isn’t enough to conserve all of New Zealand’s endemic plants.
Recently released data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 77 fewer farm sales for the three months ended November 2023 than for the three months ended November 2022.
The country’s biggest farmer lobby isn’t happy about the new Government’s decision to review and replace a controversial legislation on freshwater management.
Trade and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay is making a whistlestop visit to India this week to meet with his counterpart in the Indian government.
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