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Rural Contractors are backing the Government's plans to encourage more New Zealanders into seasonal work; they also support its decision to increase the annual recognised seasonal employer (RSE) cap to a total of 9000 workers.
FEDERATED FARMERS says Britain's National Farmers Union (NFU) should work with New Zealand to boost British lamb consumption rather than attack New Zealand lamb.
THE GOVERNMENT and the commercial pork industry have signed up to a Government Industry Agreement (GIA) on biosecurity readiness.
GOVERNMENT'S PLANS to get more Kiwis into seasonal work and increase the annual Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) cap to 9000 are welcomed by the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI).
AGRECOVERY FOUNDATION wants councils to introduce and enforce burning bans after a recycling surge followed the introduction of a burning ban in Canterbury in January 2014.
MEAT COMPANIES that supply supermarkets and sell New Zealand lamb as a loss leader in the United Kingdom should lose their access to this valuable quota market, says Labour's Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O'Connor.
WHO SAYS there's no such thing as a free lunch - or dinner, asks the Northland Rural Support Trust.
THE RED meat sector is showing signs of putting decades of low profits and lack of reinvestment behind it.
FEDERATED FARMERS' new-season Farm Confidence Survey has moved into negative territory, with pessimists outnumbering optimists on prospects for the general economy and farm profitability.
RURAL WOMEN New Zealand reminds Far North farming families to be mindful about health issues in dealing with flood waters, inclduing the elevated risk of leptospirosis.
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While dairy prices continue to slide, beef and lamb prices are firming.
Organisers of the 2014 Canterbury A&P Show are calling for entries.
New Zealand farming does not celebrate success enough, says Dr William Rolleston, Federated Farmers national president.
Australian farmers are welcoming the repeal of the divisive carbon tax.
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