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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 new JCB Series III Loadall made its international debut at the recent SIMA show in Paris, winning Machine of the Year 2019.
New Zealand’s bee colony loss rates are rising, according to a report released today.
The Ministry of Primary Industries has dismissed claims that 100s of new cases of Mycoplasma bovis have been found.
The current Biosecurity NZ ban on pea growing in the Wairarapa is knocking down the pea weevil population, but another pea weevil-free year is needed to be confident of eradication.
The loss of the Waiho Bridge, just south of Franz Josef, on the West Coast has been a “disaster” for dairy farmers.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand says it is working hard to ensure that the farming sector is valued by all New Zealanders.
Silver Fern Farms Cooperative has reported a net profit before tax of $2.4m for the 2018 financial year.
New Zealand’s meat sector is launching a charitable trust to benefit those affected by the mosque attacks in Christchurch.
A new project launched this week provides farmers alternatives to the harmful disposal practices of burning, burying and stock-piling of waste.
A system that kills the E. coli and other bacteria in farm dairy effluent has taken first prize in the South Island Agricultural Field Days’ Agri Innovation Awards.
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A big majority of 1794 submissions received by DairyNZ on the biosecurity response levy were supportive.
Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ) is backing Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor’s plea for greater unity among beekeepers.
Biosecurity New Zealand needs your help to dig out the wood-boring granulate ambrosia beetle.
The first shipment of this season’s kiwifruit is on its way to Asia.
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