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Gaining access for New Zealand pork into Australia is no silver bullet for the industry, but a small step that may lead to further opportunities, says NZ Pork chairman Ian Carter.
A 24-hour ‘shearathon’ to be held in North Canterbury later this week is intended to raise at least $23,000 for suicide prevention charities.
Federated Farmers says it is gearing up to assist members and farmers as local authorities start revealing their long term plans and budgets.
Sorting health issues will help improve the safety of rural communities, says Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand chief executive Michelle Thompson.
Putting up the right people for the job rather than political flunkies on the Climate Change Commission will be the key to cross-party support, says Federated Farmers’ climate change spokesman Andrew Hoggard.
Farmers who cull animals infected with Mycoplasma bovis without being ordered to by MPI are doing the right thing, says Federated Farmers.
Law changes requiring the end of battery and colony cages will cost as much as $1 million for a smaller farmer and up to $60m for larger companies, says the NZ Poultry Industry Association.
Despite strong anti-irrigation rhetoric from certain parts of the new coalition Government, it appears Crown funding of new irrigation schemes is not entirely off the agenda.
Livestock Improvement Corporation shareholders have voted to simplify the co-op’s share structure.
LIC chairman Murray King has defended the $20 million bill for its transformation process.
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A result on LIC’s share simplification vote will be known by 2pm today.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) National President, Fiona Gower and National Chair Penny Mudford OMNZ have arrived in New York to attend the United Nations’ 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62).
The wider New Zealand horticulture export sector sees substantial opportunity following the signing of an agreement on the Comprehensive Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade deal in Chile.
The woman leading the success of Central Districts Field Days is undoubtedly Cheryl Riddell.
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