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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
OPINION: A mate of the Hound's reckons it is amazing how a couple of years sitting on Fonterra's board, earning $175K-plus a year, can quickly turn former rebels into members of the establishment.
With the critical role women play on farms around the world recently recognised by this year's International Day of Rural Women on October 15, Hawke's Bay farmer Maddy McLean reflects on how the traditional role of women in agriculture has evolved.
Richard Houston drew from his own background as a rural contractor in developing the free new HanzonJobs app.
The Government's proposal to reduce future international tourism visitor numbers post-Covid to concentrate on higher spending visitors may solve one problem but create others.
An app developed to support rural contracting trainees is key to a new initiative that has gained government funding.
UK farmers have predictably expressed scepticism about the proposed UK/NZ FTA.
There has been widespread praise for the UK FTA from all primary sector leaders.
"A very good deal, by any measure, for our country."
Rural Contractors NZ, which represents more than 600 contractors around the country, has received government support to assist them.
It's unlikely any NZ-grown asparagus will be exported this season.
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Greater cooperation on agricultural research between NZ and Ireland is on the cards.
Free recycling of plastic agricultural bags is now available to farmers and growers.
Give us clarity! That's the plea from HortNZ to PM Jacinda Ardern and the Government.
Beef+Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) will help fund a programme to attract and train more young people to work in the red meat sector.
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