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Dairy
Attention remains laser-focussed on both supply and demand from China.
Silver Fern Farms chief executive Simon Limmer is leaving the meat company and moving into the wine sector.
Agribusiness and government joint venture AgriZeroNZ has recently invested $4.1 million into a US-based start-up aiming to reduce methane while improving cow health.
Landowners are missing out on millions of dollars in carbon credits because of the hassle in becoming carbon farmers.
Environment Minister David Parker has labelled members of rural ginger group Groundswell NZ as “dinosaurs”.
Green Party co-leader James Shaw doesn’t believe the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) Climate Action Partnership proposal will work.
An incoming National government will abolish resource consents for building water storage on farmland.
Federated Farmers has set out what it calls the rural roadmap that it wants the next government to implement.
Nationwide agricultural consultancy firm AgFirst has taken the initiative early on to have plans in place and tools available to help farmers prepare for drought.
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Beef + Lamb NZ is busy running a series of events and webinars aimed at ensuring farm profitability in the light of the impending drought.
Major players in the primary sector are mobilising ahead of predictions that the country is about to be hit by potentially one of the country's worst droughts. Peter Burke reports...
Winston Peters has castigated Fonterra for its performance in China and believes there could be more value added to the agriculture sector.
Relocation funding is now available through Te Whatu Ora to support the recruitment of international general practitioners applying to work in rural primary care practices.
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