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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…
DairyNZ chair, Jim van der Poel, claims the HWEN proposal is a win-win for all New Zealanders.
There is no credible alternative!
Westland Milk's decision to stop collecting milk from farms owned by reclusive Christian community Gloriavale is heading for a showdown in court.
He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) chair Michael Ahie says the approach put forward by the primary sector climate change action partnership in its report to the Government on how to deal with on-farm emissions is the best option.
A quarter-century of weather data from one Central Otago farm is being analysed to see if it could lead to better farm planning for temperature and moisture variations across different altitudes and aspects.
Pamu’s Deer Milk has won the Best Dairy Ingredient category at the World Dairy Innovation Awards, announced in Laval, France overnight.
The NZI Rural Women NZ Business Awards 2022 are now open for entries.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says it is calling for the Government to improve it’s latest biodiversity reforms.
OPINION: I felt great about turning 50.
Meat prices are undergoing their seasonal lifts, according to a report from ASB released last week.
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A US plastic surgeon’s research into wound repair could provide a boost for New Zealand’s regeneratively farmed wool exports.
Associate Agriculture Minister Meka Whaitiri says new Government funding will help women pave the way to farming for the future.
Federated Farmers say that while the latest draft of the National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity (NPS-IB) is a significant improvement, its success is undermined by a lack of funding on Budget 2022 to assist private landowners.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is calling the Government’s release of the Indigenous Biodiversity National Policy Statement (NPS) exposure draft legislation badly timed and ill-considered.
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