Displaying items by tag: DAVID BIRKETT

Farmers are hoping for a respite from complex national health and safety laws, under review by the Coalition Government.

Farmers are looking forward to less red tape and delay around approval processes for new agricultural and horticultural products.

As rain pours down on David Birkett's Leeston arable farm, he takes a sigh of relief ahead of the predicted dry summer.

The Innovation title at last night’s New Zealand Arable Awards went to Southland’s Auld Farm Distillery.

Cropping farmers go the polls in the next few weeks to determine the future of their levy-funded research organisation, Foundation for Arable Research.

Big changes are coming in world food supply, says Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) chairman David Birkett.

Big changes loom in world food supply, says Foundation for Arable Research chairman David Birkett.

Leeston, Central Canterbury arable farmer David Birkett has unofficially smashed the world record wheat yield by at least 1 tonne/ha.