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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…
Many of the country’s meat coolstores are either packed to capacity or nearing full capacity due to the shortage of containers.
Hamish Craw's farm on the rugged north-east slopes of Banks Peninsula normally carries 3,500 stock units, but it is now down to fewer than 2,000 as the district’s worst drought in decades continues to bite.
As the autumn dry begins to really bite along most of the South Island’s east coast, farmers are being urged to act now to mitigate the impacts heading into winter.
Seddon farmer and Marlborough drought committee member Warwick Lissaman says total destocking and going fishing may seem like the best option for some of Marlborough’s drought-hit farmers.
“It's just a bitch.” That’s how one farmer in Hawke’s Bay summed up the drought that is affecting much of the region.
Embattled Canterbury milk processor Synlait has taken another hit, with key customer and shareholder a2 Milk issuing its fourth earnings downgrade.
Northland farmer Bruce Hayes is labelling the timing of Fonterra’s latest capital structure review “a cop-out”.
Farmers will continue to apply pressure on the Government and hope for a change of heart on the need for skilled overseas workers.
Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison has fended off criticism that his organisation is too cosy with government and won’t speak out against it.
Allowing only 125 skilled agricultural machinery operators into New Zealand next season falls way short of what's needed, says rural contractors.
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The Van Leeuwen family looks set to continue milking cows on their 14 South Island farms, despite them being placed into receivership last month.
Agriculture and Trade Minister Damien O'Connor is off to Europe soon to try and breathe some life into free trade talks between NZ and the UK, and NZ and the European Union.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand's (RBNZ) controversial involvement in the new owners of the Van Leeuwen Group dairy farms has been defended.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) and insurance company NZI have launched the NZI Rural Women NZ Business Awards for 2021.
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