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One of New Zealand’s leading growers and the largest organic apple producer has launched a rebranding plan to reflect the consolidation of the company.
Deer Industry NZ is fielding an upsurge in the number of farmers wanting to join an Advance Party (AP).
An irrigation scheme, planned for Hawarden in North Canterbury, has the potential to boost the region’s economy say developers.
July is the start of the next phase for OSPRI’s NAIT programme with the three-year exemption period for pre-NAIT cattle now over.
New Zealand retailers are being reminded to clearly label their irradiated tomatoes as the season’s first shipment arrives from Australia this week.
Federated Farmers president, William Rolleston has been elected vice president of the World Farmers Organisation (WFO) while attending its General Assembly in Milan.
The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal could now be completed by the end of the year but New Zealand will have to work hard to get a good deal for dairy, says NZ International Business Forum executive director Stephen Jacobi.
The inspiring way in which Australia promotes wool used in its fashion and interiors sectors prompted Auckland fashion editor and stylist Anna Caselberg to initiate a fashion wool week this year – ‘Choose Wool 2015’.
UK farmers are urging their Government to implement its 25-year TB eradication strategy immediately and in full to ensure farmer support for it remains strong.
European legislation threatens to slash the trading bloc’s grain output, so boosting prices globally, growers at the UK’s Cereals event were told last month.
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Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) Australia Day lamb advertisement has won TV Ad of the Year.
Farmers are becoming more popular in England and Wales, according to a recent survey by National Farmers Union.
In recent months we’ve seen speculation from some commentators on the uncertain future of co-operative dairying in New Zealand – in which private companies and foreign investment trumps generations of local market expertise and value add is lost in the margins.
We live in a remarkable country, one that’s rich in natural beauty and wealthy in natural resources. New Zealand has plentiful, fresh water; clean air; fertile soil and a climate well-suited to growing things.
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