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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…
Voter turnout was poor in the recent Beef + Lamb NZ farmer-director elections that resulted in a board member getting the boot and two new faces popping up.
The lesson out of the drought this year is that water storage is critical for the prosperity of New Zealand pastoral farms or fruit and vegetable businesses, says Horticulture NZ chief executive Mike Chapman.
The country's largest kiwifruit and avocado packhouse operator EastPack Ltd doubled its net profit last year.
NZ kiwifruit will penetrate deeper into world markets as it heads for another bumper crop this year, says Zespri chief grower and alliances officer David Courtney.
National's climate change spokesman Todd Muller has told farmers he will fight to ensure they are only asked to do what is technologically doable as the country grapples with mitigating climate change.
Strong global demand for dairy and constrained milk supply will keep farmgate prices high, say New Zealand’s large milk processors.
Beef + Lamb NZ has the correct strategies in place to help the sector successfully navigate its way through the next couple of years, says chair Andrew Morrison.
Beef + Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison told last week’s annual meeting in Timaru that the past 12 months have been “an awfully busy year”.
Forestry owners oppose the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s proposal to limit forestry offsets to agriculture.
A significant win for agriculture and science-based theory on climate change is how the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s (PCE) latest report is being described.
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Westland says discussions with interested parties centered on a competitive milk price, milk pick-up and a fair value for co-op shares.
Westland Milk Products' board is working to convince farmers to vote in favour of its sale to Chinese dairy giant Yili.
Fonterra claims it remains on track to reduce debt by $800 million this financial year.
New Zealand primary produce exporters’ concerns continue rising about the confusion in the British parliament over Brexit.
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