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A joint initiative where farmers measure, reduce and pay for greenhouse gas emissions rather than being included in an emissions trading scheme swings into action later this year.
Farmers are again the hapless targets of new government regulations - this time to reduce the country's car fleet carbon emissions.
Despite the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, revenue from New Zealand's primary exports in the past season only dropped by 1% and is predicted to quickly pick up and reach a record high of $49.6 billion in the next 12 months.
A New Zealand Government directive for farmers to pay new overseas workers higher rates has been slammed.
A new farm work visa proposed by Australia could cause more misery for labour-strapped New Zealand farmers.
In a somewhat ironic twist, the global Covid pandemic is helping to drive demand for New Zealand kiwifruit.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) says it is helping drought and flood-affected farmers in Canterbury to find alternative grazing for their livestock.
A University of Otago study has found that the poorly-managed government response to the 2017 M. bovis outbreak inflicted significant and lasting trauma on farmers whose stock were culled.
Ashburton farmer Frank Peters, who was forced to cull stock twice in three years, says the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has failed farmers.
Fonterra chairman Peter McBride has a message for the co-operative's farmer shareholders - without offering financial advice he's telling them there's no need to sell their shares right now.
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Apple and pear growers around the country have slammed the Government's handling of the overseas workers who pick a substantial amount of NZ's apple crop each year.
Environment Canterbury has announced that it will adopt its Long-Term Plan 2021-31.
The UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), agreed to by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week, represents a useful yardstick for New Zealand negotiations, say leaders in the red meat sector.
The Government has welcomed the completion of the 250th 4G mobile tower, as part of its push for better rural connectivity.
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