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Agriculture minister Damien O’Connor says horticulture offers a pathway to a better future for thousands of Kiwis.
Māori are making a major move to horticulture as opposed to the more traditional sheep and beef sectors.
After little movement in wages in recent years, people working in primary industries have made gains in what they earn, according to the latest Federated Farmers Rabobank Remuneration Survey.
Kiwifruit industry leader Peter McBride has won horticulture’s premier award, the Bledisloe Cup, at this year’s Horticulture Conference.
New Zealand must get beyond seeing its agri sector as ‘gumboots in the mud’ and portray itself as a high value-food producer using innovative technologies.
Thousands of Kiwi drone and e-bike owners are being warned to check their insurance policies.
Australian farmers are unhappy with the US Government’s US$12 billion in new subsidies to farmers caught up in trade wars triggered by President Trump.
Drought-stricken New South Wales farmers are welcoming an extra A$500 million in state government aid. 99% of the state is now in drought.
The Crown will appeal the High Court’s decision that the government was negligent in allowing kiwifruit vine-killing disease Psa into the country.
Rugby played a big role in New Zealand gaining a world-leading soil scientist, Professor Mike Hedley.
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Dairy co-op Westland Milk must change in order to survive, says Christchurch investment advisor Grant Williamson.
The proof of the pudding will be in the eating following the Wool Summit, says Feds meat and wool industry group chairman Miles Anderson.
The Wool Summit had an air of collaboration and an understanding of the need to consolidate the industry, says Wools of New Zealand chairman Mark Shadbolt.
The wool industry has to be restructured; there is no other way, says prominent grower Derrick Millton.
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