A Good Start
OPINION: While we're on the topic of lumberjacks, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard has no doubt used a chainsaw hundreds of…
The Government isn’t ruling out amending the Resource Management Act (RMA) and cutting out red tape for urgent repairs on floodravaged farms.
Around 35% of the apple crop in Hawkes Bay could be lost as a result of Cyclone Gabrielle.
The whole horticultural sector has been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle, with words such devastation and almost dystopian being used.
Peter Andrew is AgFirst’s man in Gisborne and has insightful knowledge of what’s happened in the Tairawhiti region.
Around 100 farms remain inaccessible by road in northern Hawke’s Bay, two weeks after carnage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Farmers want the Government to deploy the army to deter crime in rural areas of Coromandel, East Cape and Hawke's Bay.
A Massey University veterinarian student has been crowned the Taranaki Manawatu FMG Young Farmer of the Year.
Farmers needing stock feed or wanting to supply or donate feed are being urged to use the National Feed Co-ordination Service.
Some New Zealand forestry contractors remain unable to get back to work, reliant on landowners to grant re-entry to the forests.
Rabobank has appointed Ben Picton to the newly-created role of senior strategist, global economics & markets.
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WE ALL have to chip in to help farmers recover, says Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor.
Pukekohe vegetable growers who had barely cleaned up damage caused in the January 27 heavy rains copped it again with Cyclone Gabrielle.
The Government is providing $25 million to kick-start recovery efforts for farmers, growers and rural communities significantly affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Rural insurer FMG says it has lodged almost 1500 claims following Cyclone Gabrielle.
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