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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…
Big staff rumblings, safety issues and the likelihood of yet another poor result are claimed to be unfolding at the Alliance Group.
Pressure on farmers from climate change – both from the changing climatic conditions and reducing emissions – will only increase, says Primary Sector Council chairman Lain Jager.
The first hour on an orchard is more important for a worker’s employment prospects than anything in their life previously, says successful Whangarei grower Patrick Malley.
Red meat is unfairly a scapegoat in the fight against climate change, says a European academic.
Could robots soon replace humans in picking fruit?
Robotics has moved out of the talking stage and into the early doing stages, says the chief executive of Plant and Food Research, David Hughes.
New technologies on the horizon were the focus of the recent Horticulture Conference 2019, says HortNZ chief executive Mike Chapman.
The Government is paying another $4.7 million to keep the Telford farm campus going for another two years.
MPI’s director-general, Ray Smith, wants his staff to engage more with the rural sector.
Differences are publicly emerging between farmer leaders and DairyNZ over support for the Government’s policies on sustainability.
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Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is setting up a ‘taskforce’ on the animal welfare issues of winter grazing.
Meat eaters shouldn’t relinquish all advocacies on animal welfare to lobby groups, says Freedom Farms general manager Hilary Pearson.
New National agriculture spokesman Todd Muller says he will spend time listening to the views of the primary industries.
Farmers are urging banks to take a long term view of their businesses, now under growing pressure to improve their balance sheets.
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