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Ensuring that rural communities have access to mental and physical health checks is the main objective of a new Rural Health & Wellness initiative, launched this year.
Dr Caroline Read has resigned as chief executive of Overseer to take up the role of chief executive at FishServe.
ASB says that, amidst the possibility of an incursion into Ukraine by Russia, it is unlikely the dairy industry will see a repeat of 2014 when conflict between the two countries led to a crash in dairy prices.
Boma New Zealand has announced its E Tipu 2022: The Boma Agri Summit will take place on 21-22 June in Christchurch.
Beef + LambNZ's (BLNZ) awards dinner scheduled for Wednesday 2 February is postponed due to the arrival in the community of the Covid variant Omicron.
Farm sales are easing and farmers may be holding onto land to cash in on high commodity prices.
The Mackenzie County A&P Show is the latest event to fall victim to Covid.
Organisers of the East Coast Farming Expo are confident the annual event will be able to happen despite stricter Covid restrictions now in place.
Federated Farmers say that If OSPRI is to catch-up on under investment in the NAIT platform and deliver on workability and farmer support, levy increases are likely necessary.
National Animal Identification and Tracing Scheme (NAIT) manager, NAIT Limited, is seeking consultation with farmers and collection agents on proposed increases to levies.
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Massey Ferguson has a new look for its iconic triple triangle logo, as well a completely new 'Born to Farm' brand identify for 2022.
After walking away with a Fieldays Innovation Award back in June 2021, Springarm Products has now signed a sole marketing agreement with Dannevirke-based Metalform.
The Power Farming Group's extensive offering has been complemented with the addition of the JCB Industrial product range.
Although this month's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is usually associated with the "geek brigade", global manufacturer John Deere chose it to launch new technology aimed at farmers and growers.
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