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'Digital doesn't work everywhere'

NZ Post’s decision to stop Saturday rural deliveries could impact both those reliant on printed information to keep up to date and businesses.

The chief executive of Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) Gabrielle O’Brien says care is needed to avoid digitally excluding those in rural communities.

$8 final milk price likely

An $8/kgMS farm gate milk price is still on the cards with less than six weeks left to run this season.

Small, nimble and local

Ruralco Chair, Sir David Carter (centre) and CEO, Tony Aitken (right) meeting with locals (from left), Rico and Colin Weaver at this year’s Mayfield A & P Show.

Stay local. That's the message Canterbury rural trader Ruralco received from its 3000 shareholders.

Mayor's road rage

Lack of progress in repairing the stretch of State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier is angering Wairoa Mayor Craig Little.

PGW revises earnings guidance as farmer spending drops

Rural trader PGG Wrightson has revised its operating earnings guidance, saying trading conditions have deteriorated since the last market update in February.

AgriZeroNZ invests $5m on low emissions farm pasture

Jason Wargent, founder and chief science officer of BioLumic, observing rice seedlings under UV Light.

AgriZeroNZ, a joint venture fast-tracking emissions reduction tools for farmers, is pouring $5 million in a biotech company to develop a low emissions farm pasture with increased productivity gains.

Fonterra, Sharesies join to make share trading easier

Fonterra is teaming up with wealth app provider Sharesies to make it easier for its farmer shareholders to trade co-op shares among themselves.

NZ Agricultural Show postponed

While the show is postponed, organisers say livestock judging and competitions will still be held.

The long-running New Zealand Agricultural Show won’t take place this year as cash-strapped organisers mull the event’s future.

New associate director for state farmer

State farmer Pamu has appointed Ash-Leigh Campbell as an associate director and observer on its board.

Learnings from tractor incident

Lindy Nelson, chair of Safer Farms and a Farm Without Harm ambassador, says the Safety Alerts are based on real-life documented incidents and provide key lessons for farmers.

A near miss experienced by a North Island farmer worker when their tractor ‘park’ gear failed, has been shared as the latest Safety Alert from Safer Farms.