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Fonterra's new capital structure is likely to sail through the parliamentary process without any major changes.
Wattie’s says the latest tomato harvest season has seen some of the highest yielding tomato paddocks in the company’s 50-year history.
An innovative high-tech approach to forestry management could transform New Zealand’s forestry industry, Forestry Minister Stuart Nash and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.
Global dairy prices are retreating as Omicron takes hold in more Chinese cities, disrupting the world's biggest market.
Farmers are being told to expect further rises in fertiliser prices within weeks.
Some 300 farmers around the country - supplying 12,000 dairy cattle for export to China have been left hundreds of thousands of dollars out of pocket due to the non-arrival of a live export ship.
Safety first and always seek permission before accessing private land, that’s the advice from Federated Farmers ahead of the start of the 2022 duck-shooting season this Saturday.
An $111 million injection for biosecurity in Budget 2022 is a pragmatic acknowledgement of how vital it is to New Zealand’s economy that we stop pest organisms at our borders, says Federated Farmers.
A milk business has been fined $30,000 for not following the rules that regulate the supply and sale of raw milk.
The Government will strengthen New Zealand’s biosecurity system as part of Budget 2022, Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor announced today.
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Four years into a world-first attempt to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis), agreed jointly between the Government and farming sector groups, just one infected property remains in New Zealand.
A new study has found the process of actively managed carbon forestry creates 25% more local jobs than sheep and beef farming on low productivity land.
Fire and Emergency are encouraging Waikato property owners not to light fires if there is a chance they will get out of control.
The Government has launched a plan to manage hospital waiting lists on a national scale, says Health Minister Andrew Little.
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