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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…
New Zealand's world leading apple industry is putting a call out to school leavers and graduates across the country to come share in its success.
Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling say they are contining to work towards completion of the $261m investment and partnership.
Auckland farmers Richard and Dianne Kidd are the National Winners of the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Federated Farmers is urging diplomats and export companies to be quick off the block and first in line for meetings to push New Zealand's agenda.
The red meat sector is concerned about the $2 billion sheep and beef exports to the UK and the EU following the UK's vote to leave the EU.
The decision by a majority of the people in the UK to effectively vote themselves a recession is astounding. But then across the Atlantic one Donald Trump also has an unbelievable following which defies logic.
The Hound wonders whether Fonterra’s failure to get its constitutional changes ratified by 75% of farmers at this month’s special meeting will have ramifications.
The Hound understands that the self-proclaimed meat industry saviour and friend to only those who agree with his world-view – John McCarthy has descended into anguish..
Your old mate notes that the Greens latest policy – in its desire to 'clean up the country's rivers' – is to implement a wholesale ban on future dairy farm conversions.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients chief executive Mark Wynne says the agri-business sector needs to make sure decisions are based around science and not just emotion.
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Chris Clement, 29, from Apata Group beat off tough competition from five other entrants to be crowned Bay of Plenty's Young Fruit Grower for 2016.
Primary sector leaders interviewed by KPMG predictably rate biosecurity as the top issue for NZ's primary sector.
The strong dollar, restricted off-shore interest and high volumes of one wool category on offer this week saw local prices ease.
Seeka Kiwifruit has handled record volumes in the packing season, with more than 30 million trays handled in New Zealand for the first time.
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