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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…
The COVID-19 crisis appears to have sparked a renewed interest in the healing properties of honey.
New Zealand should be carefully watching the unfolding trade war between Australia and China, says trade expert Stephen Jacobi.
North Waikato sheep and beef farmer John Jackson has thown his hat in the ring for a seat on the board of fertiliser co-op Ballance.
An East-West Covid split is dictating global meat returns for New Zealand farmers.
The fallout from a golf match out in the west of Ireland could have negative repercussions on the outcome of New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union.
Falling land and livestock prices have hit the state-owned farmer Landcorp – known as Pāmu – in the financial year to 30 June.
Questions have been raised about the group which has received nearly $2 million of government funding to promote regenerative agriculture.
Global markets and consumers around the world are making large shifts on how they maintain food security, purchase food and the attributes of the products they are seeking.
Falling dairy prices in recent months are putting this season’s forecast milk payout under strain.
A meat industry-dominated group has formed to carry out the recommendations of the Wool Industry Project Action Group report and is ready to lead that change.
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An airline pilot may soon be landing in a paddock near you, driving a harvester.
Apiculture NZ is seeking assurances from authorities that the country’s beekeepers won’t be faced with the same problems that their Auckland colleagues did when that region went into lockdown.
Despite Government and officials ignoring farmer and industry advice, farmers are determined to do the right thing for water quality, says Beef+Lamb NZ CEO Sam McIvor.
The new National Environment Standard (NES) for Freshwater could derail the progress already made on improving water quality in Canterbury, claim Federated Farmers regional presidents.
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