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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…
Federated Farmers have announced a nine-stop rural roadshow opposing the proposed replacement for the Resource Management Act (RMA).
Lincoln University agribusiness lecturer Dan Smith is surprised that no academic has ever focused on NZ's rural contracting sector.
A new beef breeding index is expected to be the talk of the bull sales over the next month or so. Six bull studs from around the country have got together and come up with new indexes for the sector, which they claim reflects what the market wants. David Anderson reports...
A consortium of NZ's top soil scientists are investigating ways of how some silt damaged pasture and horticultural land in Hawke's Bay can be brought back in production.
Aerospread/Super Air pilots are usually busy at this time of the year flying superphosphate onto farms along the east coast of the North Island.
As expected, the volume of kiwifruit for the 2023 growing season is down – mainly due to the weather.
A slew of farming sector leaders linked to Federated Farmers are contesting the upcoming general election.
A new independent global report commissioned by Meat Business Women shows a rise in women’s representation in senior leadership roles in the meat industry over the past three years.
Te Puke is famed as New Zealand’s kiwifruit capital, but new research could mean that top spot is contested in the future, with suitable kiwifruit production land identified in Waikato, Taranaki and the top of the South Island.
Fish & Game NZ is encouraging anglers and hunters to reach out to farmers still cleaning up from the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Politicians at this year's New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards heard a clear message from organisers - do not bog the industry down in excessive red tape.
Labour's newly appointed associate Minister for Agriculture says one of her main goals is to look at ways of attracting more young people to make a career in the primary sector.
Farm management software provider FarmIQ is shedding 25% of its workforce and adopting a new operating model to boost revenue.
"We urgently want more government support and certainty."
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