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OPINION: Missed out on a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours, again?
One of the two new South Canterbury dairy farms placed under restrictions recently has tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis infection.
Gallagher has won the supreme award from New Zealand’s industrial design community -- a group beyond the farmgate.
Following the meteoric rise in the SUV market over the last decade, Korean manufacturer Hyundai has launched a small SUV.
A leading farmer in the Whangaui district, David Pearce, says the government in the 1980s did agriculture a huge disservice when it broke up the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
The red meat sector is celebrating a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling upholding the initial findings of a New Zealand-led dispute against Indonesia on a range of agricultural non-tariff barriers.
Manuka honey could long term earn more money for a central North Island Maori trust than its sheep and beef farming operation.
New Zealand has no food security policy and will be short of some foods within five years, says a Horticulture NZ report on domestic vegetable production.
The planned release of a new strain of the rabbit calicivirus appears back on track for next autumn after missing a previous opportunity.
Fonterra will soon introduce ‘financial innovations’ to help young farmers join the co-op.
The new revamped TPP agreement preserves the essential elements of the original agreement – particularly improved access to Japan, Canada and other markets – says New Zealand International Business Forum (NZIBF) executive director Stephen Jacobi.
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A big challenge New Zealand faces is capturing the value consumers place on grass-fed products, says NZ Grassland Association president Dr David Stevens, a senior scientist at AgResearch.
The New Zealand avocado industry has grown from $70 million value to $200m in four years, says industry leader Tony Ponder.
Farmers are supporting Fonterra’s push for net zero carbon-dioxide emissions from all plants worldwide by 2050.
Landcorp, no longer threatened with sales of some of its farms, has reported an after-tax profit of $51.9 million for the year to August 31.
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