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OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of…
Massive problems lie ahead for one of NZ's major apple growing regions.
Federated Farmers says it is pleased that Horizons Regional Council (Manawatu-Whanganui) has recognised the need to get work done on-farm by empowering them to fix infrastructure without getting consents.
It's a resounding ‘no’ to the first two laws in the Government’s Resource Management Act (RMA) reform package.
A warning for people who say all NZ has to do is argue that it is not causing any more global warming than it currently does: That argument won’t cut it with the rest of the world, according to the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Simon Upton.
An additional $26 million has been made available for farmers and growers to clean up their land damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Look for market trends, rather than market signals.
With less than three months left in the 2022-23 season, the window for farmgate milk prices to lift is closing.
"We're not in a good place and some growers will have to just walk away from their land.”
With the B+LNZ annual meeting documentation currently hitting farmer's mailboxes, claims are being made that with the unprecedented number of farmer-proposed remits the organisation has become disconnected from its grassroots levy payers. David Anderson reports.
Sam McIvor says unless road access, capable of taking stock trucks, is restored to farmers in cyclone ravaged areas within six weeks there will be massive long term problems.
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Dairy farmers are fuming over a remit that wants Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) to prioritise advocacy work for the sheep and beef sector.
Jo-Anne Stokes has been appointed as Animal and Plant Health NZ’s new technical adviser – crop protection.
Over 50,000 metric tonnes of pork was imported into New Zealand last year, most of which came from countries that allow pig farming practices that are illegal in New Zealand, claims NZPork.
New Zealand red meat exports had a slow start to the year with total export values down 7% compared to January 2022, according to analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
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