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AGRICULTURAL FIELDAYS 2014 will be a measure of how the agribusiness sector is gearing up to capitalise on growing export opportunities, according to New Zealand's largest agricultural lender, ANZ New Zealand.

CLIMATE CHANGE will bring flooding, wildfire and coastal damage to New Zealand – but also increased spring pasture growth in cooler regions, says a new international report.

IN LIGHT of the recent botulism scare and having read the Listener editorial (‘A Terrifying Truth’, August 17), the oft-quoted words of Mark Twain come to mind: “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”.  

The Waikato Innovation Park has brought $16 million of establishment funding into the region and employee-related benefits from those working at the park have contributed more than $100million to the regional economy.

Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy has signed a strategic plan on promoting agricultural cooperation between New Zealand and China.

NEW HOLLAND has won six awards from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) for the fifty most innovative product ideas to go on sale in 2012. These recognise innovation, engineering advancement and impact on the market.

Agriculture was the only contributor to a 1% increase in labour productivity in the March 2012 year, Statistics New Zealand says.

Massey University has established a new Institute of Agriculture and Environment.

A significant increase is needed in responsible investments in agriculture to eradicate hunger and feed a growing world population says the German Minister of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva.

Making more and better investments in agriculture is one of the most effective ways to reduce hunger and poverty while safeguarding the environment.