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DROUGHT AFFECTED Australian farmers are being offered another A$100 million by the Federal Government but the farmers want a long-term drought policy.
THE KIWIFRUIT Claim is waiting to see if the High Court will set a deadline for growers to sign up to become plaintiffs, says media spokesperson Matthew Hooton.
FARMERS WILL need to use different NAIT tags from the middle of next year, says NAIT.
THE MEAT industry has taken a small step in rationalisation with Blue Sky Meats buying a Gore beef and venison exporter.
B+L CHAIRMAN James Parsons will be throwing his hat in the ring again for the northern North Island farmer director position which he holds now and for the chairmanship.
SHEEP AND BEEF farmers should ride the wave of the upward cycle in commodity trade by ensuring they reinvest and build more buffer into their businesses, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.
FOUNDATION FOR Arable Research chief executive Nick Pyke says over 600 people attended the organisation’s flagship biennial event Crops 2014 – more than any previous FAR industry event.
RURAL WOMEN will invest the $18 million proceeds from the sale of Access HomeHealth Ltd, says president Wendy McGowan.
A HIGHLY experienced Filipino dairy farm manager says many New Zealand farmers and managers don’t have the people, management and leadership skills to be good employers.
CHINA and Russia are the biggest factors in the global dairy price crash of the last four months, says Rabobank New Zealand and Asia director of dairy research, Hayley Moynihan.
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THE COMMERCE Commission is negotiating with Westpac and ASB after having reached a $19 million settlement with ANZ over the marketing of interest rate swaps.
THE IMPACT of the massive drought two years ago is still affecting sheep numbers, with only a modest increase this season.
FONTERRA CHAIRMAN John Wilson admits the co-op should have handled some aspects of last year’s false botulism scare differently, but he says the co-op’s food safety has been proven world-class.
A LARGE and effective network involving farmers is the only way of effecting change in the dairy industry, according to Dr Rick Pridmore, DairyNZ’s strategy and investment leader for sustainability.
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