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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.
Wool exporters say China has been back in the market in recent weeks.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) chairman James Parsons will step down in March next year.
New Zealand recorded its lowest lamb prevalence level of sheep measles in ten years, says the project manager for Ovis Management Ltd, Dan Lynch.
The start of the harvest season brings thoughts such as ‘there aren’t enough hours in the day’ and for farmers and contractors alike the dream of more engine power.
Friendly rivalry between groups of young farmers – with as much eye on witty animal names and snappy dressing as the quality of the livestock – has transformed the pig section of the Canterbury A&P Show.
Canterbury dairy farmer John Tanner has been working hard to improve sustainability on his Leeston farm, Dunlac Dairies Ltd, reports CRV Ambreed.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) wishes to set the record straight regarding the article titled ‘Imported semen fingered for M.bovis outbreak’ in Rural News October 24.
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Farmers keen to play a key part in the new Northland Extension 350 programme should raise their hands now.
Fuels and chemicals are widely used on farms to help improve productivity, but there can be a cost to the health of you and your workers.
The role of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in New Zealand is to keep the environment and people safe, whilst enhancing lifestyle – which means considering the economy as well.
The Hound's editor was contacted by a Hawkes Bay sheep farmer about an item in the Oct 24 column on American singer Pink’s illogical and ignorant anti-wool stance.
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