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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…
Agricultural contractors are warning about a severe shortage of skilled machinery operators for the upcoming harvest season.
Moves by the NZ potato industry to have anti-dumping tariffs imposed on European imports could play into the hands of the EU, warns a long-time trade negotiator.
New Zealand potato growers want duties imposed on frozen potato imports coming into the country from Belgium and the Netherlands.
Whole milk powder (WMP) prices are now sitting above pre-Covid-19 levels and New Zealand farmers can thank a resurging Chinese economy for that.
Farmer co-op LIC will pay $18 million in dividends to shareholders after a strong full-year result.
Yet another report has been produced about trying to resurrect the country’s struggling wool sector.
The politicos who made the decision to get rid of the wool levy should hang their heads in shame, says Lochie MacGillivray.
New Zealand appears to have Mycoplasma bovis under control.
Life in China is starting to get back to some semblance of normality, according to MPI’s deputy director general of China Relations.
Two weeks ago, many farmers in Northland were in drought recovery mode, now they are repairing fences and culverts washed away by flooding.
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Federated Farmers has released its election manifesto, advising the incoming government on the policies farmers want.
Our dairy industry risks being exposed to a ‘ticking time bomb’ of unethical players unlawfully passing off New Zealand-made and packed milk powder products in China as supplements for babies.
MPI says it takes the claims made by Jane Li seriously and where it has evidence that exporters are not meeting their requirements, it will take action.
Farmer confidence has slumped to its lowest since 2009, according to a new Federated Farmers survey.
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