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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…
OPINION: The Hound reckons that meat company Silver Fern Farms is now drinking from the same Kool Aid trough as the anti-farming types at Greenpeace.
OPINION: Your old mate finds it rather ironic that the Government is going to open up the border to allow in 300 overseas educators to help fill the gap of teacher shortages in schools around NZ.
OPINION: Despite clogging up traffic in towns and cities throughout NZ, the recent Groundswell NZ protest gained huge support from onlookers and the public.
A new generation of milking robots is promising greater profitability for farmers.
There appears to be no shortage of school leavers wanting a career in the sheep beef and deer industry, but rather a lack of training farms.
New Zealand's red meat sector has launched a recruitment drive to attract halal butchers to the industry.
Bureaucratic obfuscation is being used to stall the provision information about the costs and achievements of the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) 'Fit for a Better World' strategy.
A chance to celebrate all the good work being done in the red meat sector and tell this to the nation.
Beef+Lamb NZ chairman Andrew Morrison says he’s pleased with the response to the levy vote, which saw 89.8% farmer support for the continuation of the levy.
The Government has activated Enhanced Task Force Green (ETFG) in response to the West Coast and Marlborough floods, Social Development and Employment Minister Carmel Sepuloni has announced.
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Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison says he understands why the Groundswell protest was so big.
A cacophany of sounds - barking dogs, the roar of tractors and tooting ute horns - descended on towns and cities around the country on Friday, July 16.
Agriculture Minister Damien O'Connor admits the Government "made mistakes" with its initial freshwater farm plans.
Staff from Pāmu or Landcorp dairy farms have been busy helping with the recovery operation around Westport.
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