Political colours
OPINION: Your old mate welcomes the proposed changes to local government but notes it drew responses that ranged from the reasonable…
Three farms have been selected for the prestigious 2017 Ahuwhenua Trophy, celebrating excellence in Maori farming.
New Zealand's strong export focus is unusual because our GDP relies heavily on our primary industries and export markets.
Future use of the herbicide glyphosate in Europe remains uncertain.
Your canine crusader notes that the NZ Rural GP Network has just held its annual conference with a long list of speakers.
Have you heard the one about the celebrity cook, private school and Oxford educated scion of the landed gentry and the poverty worker?
Your old mate knows politics is a brutal game. However, pollies do occasionally put the nastiness aside, as when retiring members give their valedictory speeches.
Pity the poor West Coast.
Meat process Alliance Group is spending $10.6 million on advanced technology, including robotics, at its Dannevirke Plant.
East Coast Farming Expo organisers say the two-day event in Wairoa starts tomorrow, despite torrential rain in the past 24 hours.
Meat processor ANZCO Foods made an annual pre-tax profit of $17m last year, a 21% lift on the previous year.
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Australia’s revised nation-wide Horticulture Code will include the potential for penalties of up to A$54,000 when it comes into effect on April 1, 2017.
Trade and New Zealand’s position on it has been high on the agenda recently.
2017 has begun on a positive note for the country’s farmers with rural confidence levels edging up, primarily driven by signs of renewed optimism among horticulturalists and sheep and beef producers.
Māori don't talk much about the good things they do and don’t talk themselves up enough, says the Minister of Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell.
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