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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…
Farmers are in the poo again – the human kind, and they are sick of it.
Agriculture is the industry with the highest number of workplace fatalities – about 124 deaths since 2011, says WorkSafe chief executive Nicole Rosie.
Rising economies in most countries New Zealand exports to is a key reason for the record lamb and mutton receipts for the December quarter, says Beef + Lamb NZ.
A Chinese company financing a multi million-dollar sheep milk venture near Taupo plans to build processing plants in other regions.
New Zealand urgently needs a vision and a strategic plan for its agribusiness sector, says Agriculture and Associate Trade Minister Damien O’Connor.
The deal NZ has in the now-negotiated Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership is the best we could have expected, says NZ’s special agricultural trade envoy.
All Southland plus Otago’s Queenstown Lakes, Central Otago and Clutha districts are now declared officially in drought.
The total number of farms infected with the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has reached 21.
‘A season to remember’ and ‘a profitable year for all sectors’: economic forecasters have a rosy outlook for the year.
Access to rural assistance payments (RAPs) for drought stricken farmers is being extended.
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Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ) is seeking farmers’ views on its sector capability programme.
The New Zealand kiwifruit sector is set for growth following 2017’s record season and new development opportunities across the country, according to the ANZ Kiwifruit Insights paper.
The Environment Southland flood warning system has been activated.
Farmers and meat processors are welcoming the conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) negotiations in Tokyo.
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