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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 Government’s Provincial Growth Fund is putting $7.11 million into creating a sustainable water supply for Wairarapa.
The man behind New Zealand’s newest agricultural training venture is a local farmer and entrepreneur – with a proven track record in the sector.
If you think you paid too much for kiwifruit last Christmas, you aren’t wrong!
“Spectacular” – that’s how Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor describes the work of the Horticultural Export Authority.
The Minister of Agriculture has entered the debate on the actions of the banks labelling them as fair-weather friends.
The Meat Industry Association has appointed Sirma Karapeeva as its new chief executive.
New Zealand farming leaders are in close contact with their Australian counterparts as bushfires ravage farms across the ditch.
More than a quarter of NZ’s dairy farmers have debt to equity ratios of more than 70%.
NZ sheep and beef farmers achieved a lower lambing percentage in 2019 than in 2018, according to the latest Lamb Crop 2019 report.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says farmers want greater certainty around water issues and he promises they will get this from the coalition government in the coming year.
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New Zealand needs to start looking at the water issue much more strategically, according to National’s spokesperson on agriculture Todd Muller.
It’s early days yet, but there are promising signs of it being another good year for kiwifruit.
Changes need to be made to the multilateral trading system, says commercial law firm Chapman Tripp.
After a big drop just before Christmas, global dairy prices have rebounded.
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