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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…
"We have to think a bit differently now."
The National Party's new agriculture spokesperson says she'll be working from the grassroots up, rather than the top down, as she tackles her new role.
Seeing plastic tree protectors in the forest prompted a Christchurch cardboard packaging manufacturer to try something different - and now the business is booming.
Strong milk prices have helped state-owned Landcorp Farming (Pāmu) return to profitability.
Herbicide resistance in New Zealand agriculture is a far more serious problem than previously realised.
Allied Farmers has more than doubled its net profit thanks to a rebounding livestock agency business.
Debate on the value of Overseer, the software tool designed to measure and regulate nutrient loss from farms, continues to rage.
As many students continue their online learning amid Alert Level Three and Four lockdowns, it – again – highlights the issue of internet connectivity for those in rural areas.
A global shortage of beef and surge in demand has lifted farmgate prices for New Zealand farmers.
Despite agreement among farm industry bodies that the current methane targets for the sector are excessive, not based on science and need to be changed, there is currently no plan in place to achieve this.
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Beef+Lamb NZ is committed to arguing for a fair and appropriate framework for tackling climate change, claims chairman Andrew Morrison.
Local solutions using local people is the best way of ensuring people in rural areas are vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the chair of the Rural General Practitioners Network.
Don't drop your guard - with the Delta variant you're dealing with a much more serious strain of Covid.
The penny seems to have dropped that the workforce which produces food for local and export markets are very much essential workers.
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