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Meat prices remain steady

ANZ agriculture economist Susan Kilsby says farmgate returns on meat prices are stabilising.

Some good news for sheep and beef farmers; farmgate returns are stabilising, according to ANZ agriculture economist Susan Kilsby.

Hype or Holy Grail?

Merino New Zealand’s plan to market wool internationally on the promise that it is grown “regeneratively”, has been described as a ‘marketing exercise’.

Merino farmers need to be sure of their evidence if they are to embrace a regenerative agriculture label, says Lincoln University Professor Jon Hickford.

The 2021 East Coast Farming Expo is a two-day mid-week gathering (February 24-25) for sheep and beef producers with a focus on farming smarter. It’s held annually at the Wairoa A&P Showgrounds and includes exhibits, outdoor demonstrations and seminars.

Waikato farmer fined $3,500 for starving cattle

A lifestyle block farmer has been fined $3,500 after he was found to have starved 26 cows.

A Waikato lifestyle block owner has been fined $2,500 for failing to adequately feed 26 cattle and $1,000 for not complying with the requirements of a notice issued by an MPI animal welfare inspector.

Donate surplus food to those in need

New Zealand Food Network founder Deb Manning.

The New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) is encouraging food service organisations to donate any bulk surplus food so they can be redistributed to food hubs and vulnerable communities.

Game changing irrigation system

Back: George Ricketts - Solutions Architect, IoT, Bradley Carter - Software Engineer, Curtis Preston - Software Engineer. Front: Mike Debney - Team Lead, Software Engineering, Victoria Wassilieff - Software Engineer

A team of Feilding-based software engineers has helped mastermind a game-changing irrigation prototype that diagnoses its own operating faults and can launch a drone to manage crops at leaf level.

Watts hat trick title win

East Coast Young Farmer of the Year winner Joseph Watts.

Joseph Watts has proven he’s too hard to beat, taking out East Coast FMG Young Farmer of the Year for the third year in a row.

Rathkeale College duo takes out win

East Coast Junior Young Farmer of the Year winners Jono Harris and Alex Wyeth

A duo from Rathkeale College, Masterton have taken out the title for the 2021 East Coast FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year after competing for four years in a row.

OANZ receives MPI funding for organic sector strategy

Organics Aotearoa New Zealand have received funding from MPI to develop a new sector strategy.

Organics Aotearoa New Zealand (OANZ) has received $212,500 from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures fund, to go towards developing a three-year organic sector strategy.