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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…
A CHANCE to see at first-hand the employment opportunities in the primary sector proved a hit for some 40 secondary teachers from the greater Wellington and Horowhenua regions.
Horowhenua artist Jill Brandon was among many local artists who recently exhibited their works in what could be termed an ‘agricultural space’.
THE AUSSIES blocked our apple exports for 90 years, but they were keen to get their hands on The Apple Pickers – at least a noteworthy 1940s painting by the famous New Zealand artist Rita Angus.
SOUTH CANTERBURY dairy farmer Leonie Guiney received a phone call last Monday afternoon confirming her election to Fonterra’s board.
NEW FACES leading the two main meat processing cooperatives will prove the acid test of what’s really prevented industry reform to date, says one of the departing chief executives.
A CHILLY first day kept the crowds away from Canterbury A&P Show on Wednesday last week but farm supply exhibitors told Rural News they’d received good enquiry nonetheless.
READERS ARE deserting mainstream newspapers but not rural publications, according to the latest Nielsen print readership results.
ABOUT 40 pipfruit and kiwifruit growers in a concentrated orchard area of Motueka to Riwaka, west of Nelson, were affected by the Guy Fawkes-night hailstorm, says HortNZ president Julian Raine.
FUNDING FOR science and extension in the sheep and beef industry needs better coordination and Beef + Lamb NZ should step up, says a long-standing New Zealand Grassland Association member and scientist.
KIWIFRUIT’S ACHIEVEMENTS to date are not enough to sustain a competitive advantage and change is needed, says Zespri’s chief executive Lain Jager.
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A STALLED free trade agreement (FTA) with India has been kicked into life again.
A NEW infant formula plant in South Auckland is on track to start production in February next year.
SYNTHETIC FOOD, a trend away from milk products that need to be reconstituted, food police and the rapidly changing digital age. These are some of the issues canvassed in KPMG’s newly released Agribusiness Agenda ‘Exploring Our Global Future’.
THE RED Meat industries, dairy, Zespri and the wider horticulture industry have all come out in support of the concluded FTA negotiations with Korea.
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