TWO NEW FARMER directors will join the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Board after the annual meeting in Feilding on March 14.

THE 12,500 BALES of North Island wool on offer this week generally lifted to come into line with South Island levels. There was a 93% clearance rate, says New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson, says.

WITH THE SCHOOL year looming, and a new batch of young people considering their future career options, Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ) says the agricultural sector offers many exciting job opportunities.

THE RABOBANK GLOBAL cattle price index has risen by 6% since June, driven by lower-than-expected beef supply in the main exporting countries and strong Asian demand.

A MINISTRY for Primary Industry report released today says veterinary and horticultural antibiotic use appears to be dropping.

SUPPLIERS TO Hawkes Bay-based Lean Meats' Atkins Ranch Producer Group are set to get a $3.89 per lamb Christmas present in the last week of December.

FEDERATED FARMERS has put "three broad options" to its members on meat industry reform in a paper to be publicly released in the New Year.

HOKITIKA-BASED cooperative Westland Milk Products has lifted its payout forecast for the current season 30c to a range of $7.90-8.30/kg milksolids.

THE PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner for the Environment has welcomed the latest Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) monitoring report on the use of 1080 for the control of pests.

IT MAY BE the festive season, but Auckland biosecurity staff were gobsmacked to find a live Christmas tree coming through the x-ray machine at the International Mail Centre in Auckland this week.

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