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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…
Four years ago, Sharon and Wayne George decided they would quit the corporate rat-race to travel New Zealand in their nine-metre motorhome.
A British contractor recently demonstrated the capabilities of precision machinery in modern farming.
New CLAAS Lexion 8000 and 7000 series combine harvesters have arrived in Australasia, reports Claas Harvest Centre.
Johne’s disease remains an issue for livestock farmers New Zealand-wide.
A large foreign-financed but New Zealand owned investment company has brought a big station in the Wairarapa for forestry development.
Salmon farmer New Zealand King Salmon says it is taking a step towards the future by applying for resource consent to farm in the open ocean of Cook Strait.
A capital crunch is starting to impact farmers as the banks get more cagey about lending to dairy and the sheep and beef sectors, writes Hayden Dillon, head of agribusiness and a managing partner at Findex.
With distrust growing in consumers, even for science, gaining their trust is now more valuable to win than ever.
The end of Government funding for Beef + Lamb New Zealand Genetics has prompted a move to integrate the business into B+LNZ as a standalone unit.
Food and fibre is the most “activist disrupted” sector globally, second only to petroleum, says KPMG’s global head of agribusiness, Ian Proudfoot.
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Continuing strong growth in Chinese demand for New Zealand beef is set support solid returns for the nation’s beef producers over the coming year.
Why would we, as a country, produce low value meat alternatives to stuff in a hamburger for a fast food chain to feed to overweight, disinterested consumers?
OPINION: If you borrow money from the bank, it holds a grip (‘death pledge’) over you.
Our national debate needs to move from condemnation to celebration of our primary sector, explains new National Party spokesman for primary industries and forestry, Todd Muller.
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OPINION: A press release from the oxygen thieves running the hot air symposium on climate change, known as COP30, grabbed your…
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