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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 year will bring new hope for New Zealand primary exports.
Farmers are being urged to have their say on the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) review consultation now underway.
Farmers in the Hawarden basin in North Canterbury could still get an irrigation scheme by 2021, despite the failure of the Hurunui Water Project to attract enough interest to proceed.
It took a while to get here, but now it’s arrived the Mercedes X-Class has created a stir at the premium end of the buoyant ute market
Outgoing Zespri chairman Peter McBride and South Canterbury farmer Leonie Guiney have been voted onto Fonterra’s board.
Rex and Lynette Smith have spent decades building a successful charter fishing company. Now they've set up a beef cattle operation in Fiji from scatch.
Martyn Dunne retired last week as the director-general of the Ministry for Primary Industries after five years in the role and 50 years in the public service.
Maui Milk chairman Paul McGilvary says the company needs more sheep milk to meet market demand and achieve processing efficiency.
LIC chief executive Wayne McNee says the co-op remains well placed in the face of mergers of global dairy genetics and herd improvement companies.
Canterbury's big Central Plains Water scheme is now fully operational, following the formal opening of stage two by former All Black captain Richie McCaw.
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The Environmental Protection Authority is to investigate products containing synthetic pyrethroids as part of its revamped reassessments announced in mid-October.
Fonterra's shareholders council has delivered a scathing report on the co-op’s performance last year.
Pāmu Farms’ acting chairman is urging greater use of technology to reduce the drudgery of some farm tasks.
More labourers from the Pacific Islands are coming to work on New Zealand orchards.
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