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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…
OPINION: Despite the much hyped claim by certain prophets about the ‘historic’ agreement between the farming sector and the Government over the Zero Carbon Bill, the rumblings of discontent are growing louder by the day.
LIC has been named as the Cooperative Business of the Year.
The Government has appointed Dr Alison Watters as new chair of AsureQuality Limited.
An AgResearch survey which found most New Zealanders would try eating insects does not surprise the country’s first locust farmer.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor has urged growers to pay people better.
All Fonterra farms will get a unique report about their biological emissions within 15 months.
Meat consumption has dropped 20% in continental Europe and the UK in the last two-three months and it’s not all due to the summer heat, says the NZ red meat sector’s man in London, Jeff Grant.
Winter grazing of forage crops is very harmful to the environment, says an AgResearch scientist, Professor Richard McDowell.
Fonterra has told its Australian farmer suppliers that it remains committed to that market.
Former Westland Milk chairman Pete Morrison says Yili’s new ownership represents a significant milestone for the former co-op and the start of a new era for the dairy industry on the West Coast.
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Chinese dairy giant Yili says it will respect all contractual obligations to pay current and former milk suppliers of Westland Milk.
Put your faith in us and we will bring prosperity to your farming businesses.
The intended chairman of Farmlands Co-Operative, Rob Hewett, expects to take over a business in good heart and well-placed for the future.
Alliance Group chairman Murray Taggart is somewhat perplexed by recent claims and denies the co-op has problems with staff turnover, plant safety or profitability.
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