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Rural Contractors NZ says members are frustrated at having to work through more layers to get visas approved for skilled seasonal machinery operators ahead of the imminent season start. Andrew Olsen comments.

Rural contractors deserve to be listened to on safety issues created by new roading developments which don’t allow motorists to pass slow-moving vehicles, says Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard.

When the new National-led government is finally formed there will be a long list waiting for it to action from the primary industries sector.

An appeal to address the urban/rural divide was made at the opening day of the recently held Rural Contractors NZ conference in Invercargill.

Nearly 200 rural contractors from around the country gather in Invercargill next week for the annual conference of the expanding $2b industry.

OPINION: Since the end of World War II, New Zealand has had nine recessions.

Rural contractors will gather at five roadshows during August to focus on cost volatility and drivers.

Andrew Olsen acknowledges that he inherited a well-organised trade association, but thought it needed a few changes to the direction it was travelling.

Wairarapa-based Clinton Carroll refers to the new agrichemical standard - NZS 8409:2021 - as the spraying contractors' bible.

Agricultural contractors are taking steps to attract and train more local talent.