A SOFTENING in dairy farmer sentiment and rising interest rates have led overall New Zealand rural confidence to a significant slide in the past quarter.

FARMERS HAVE one year left to make sure all cattle are tagged and registered with NAIT.

LABOUR'S JUST announced immigration policy will heavily penalise growing businesses say New Zealand's horticulture and viticulture industry organisations.

THE COUNTRY'S bee industry could soon be represented by one body, following a mandate given at the NZ Apiculture Industry conference.

LARGE VOLUMES of unlabelled irradiated Australian tomatoes are hitting local shelves, says Tomatoes New Zealand.

MARK AND Devon Slee, national winners of the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards, will make outstanding ambassadors for New Zealand agriculture, says Federated Farmers president Bruce Wills.

More than 100 agricultural contractors from all over the country met in New Plymouth, last week, for Rural Contractors New Zealand’s (RCNZ) annual conference.

St John in Taranaki is almost $30,000 better off – thanks to the generosity of Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ) members attending its annual conference in New Plymouth this week.

MORE THAN 100 agricultural contractors from all over the country met in New Plymouth, last week, for Rural Contractors New Zealand's (RCNZ) annual conference.

IRRIGATION NEW Zealand (INZ) cautiously welcomes the Board of Inquiry's final decision on the Tukituki Catchment Proposal which allows for the Ruataniwha scheme to go ahead based on "what appear to be more achievable conditions for irrigators".

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