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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…
Taranaki Regional Council chief executive, Basil Chamberlain responds to Overseer chief executive, Dr Caroline Read's claim that the council made misleading statements about OverseerFM.
The Provincial Growth Fund is loaning $10.6 million to develop Māori land for horticulture.
David Carter’s served 26 years in parliament, including time as the Minister of Agriculture and speaker of the house and now he’s going back to his old job – that of a farmer.
The wool industry continues to face challenges with depressed wool prices for a third year in a row, says Primary Wool Cooperative chair Janette Osborne.
A UK farmer has smashed a world record – for selling her sheepdog at an astonishing price.
New Zealand has become the first country to successfully eradicate a pea weevil incursion.
The country’s red meat exports have been booming, but there are concerns how these may be impacted by the coronavirus outbreak in China.
Policymakers in Ireland have learned the lesson about demonising farmers – just don’t do it.
The coronavirus epidemic is going to have a bigger impact than people think it is, according to Massey University Professor of Agribusiness, Hamish Gow.
Silver Fern Farms is giving weekly reports to its suppliers to keep them abreast of what it describes as a ‘dynamic situation in China and one that could change very quickly’.
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Banks should act sensibly when dealing with debt-ridden farmers, says economist Cameron Bagrie.
Industry-good body, DairyNZ is seeking a big mandate from fee-paying farmers on its upcoming levy vote.
A man who bought an opencast Southland lignite mine 18 years ago no longer sells the coal for fuel, but sings its praises as stock food, fertiliser and soil conditioner.
More than 43,000 animals have been tested to date as Ospri deals with a bovine tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in the Hawke’s Bay.
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