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UK to bring beavers back, despite farmer concern
They help prevent flooding and drought by building leaky dams, but UK farmers are concerned about their reintroduction.
UK liquid milk consumption halves
University beef-ban overturned
Thousands of UK students have successfully fought a beef-ban aimed at reducing their university’s carbon footprint.
UK-NZ free trade and agriculture on agenda
Agricultural trade and a free trade agreement with the United Kingdom are on the agenda for trade minister David Parker on his visit to Europe this week.
NZ lamb chopped by UK supermarket
The NZ meat industry’s challenges in the UK have increased with UK retailer Waitrose planning to source all lamb from only British producers.
Safety software winner off to Uk
A kiwi company that believes its computer software can help reduce farm accidents and fatalities is joining the New Zealand 2019 Agritech mission to UK and Ireland.
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Farmers warned of climate change risk
Ag Minister Damien O’Connor has warned farmers that if they don’t take account of climate change in their production systems they could be jeopardising access to major markets.
Meat tariff whammy?
With a no-deal Brexit looming, NZ meat exporters face the prospect of paying tariffs twice on product going from the UK to the EU.
FTA with UK could be a boomer
Dynamic gains in both the New Zealand and United Kingdom economies could be made if some trade barriers were freed up.