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Grass grub and porina are causing $2.3 billion of damage to New Zealand pastures annually, according to an AgResearch study.
Alliance Group has warned that its annual result, due to be reported in November, will show a drop in profit.
Merino wool is “very much the talk of the town at the moment,” says PGG Wrightson South Island sales manager Dave Burridge.
A proposed irrigation scheme in South Canterbury has been dumped after losing Government and farmer support.
Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says farmers are backing a performance review of all co-op investments.
Waikato milk processor Tatua has topped the 2017-18 milk payout stakes.
Despite the unknowns of Brexit and the US-China trade war, New Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers are pretty bullish about the future.
Regulations to strengthen the animal welfare system come into effect from today.
A team of farmers and irrigation experts has returned from a trip to Nebraska with some fresh ideas about how to improve environmental management in New Zealand.
Farmers are urging the Government not to forget them when it comes deploying more police officers to fighting organised crime.
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Waikato farmers are being thanked for helping flood-prone communities in the region.
Minister for Biosecurity Damien O’Connor wants every New Zealander to help build a biosecurity team of 4.7 million as part of the Ko Tātou This Is Us campaign.
More than half of sheep and beef farmers have made changes to reduce the risk of their stock becoming infected by Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis).
The Ministry of Primary Industries says it is releasing 20,000 apple plants and 400 stonefruit plants from containment.
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