Cut with care
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
Farm sales were up by 28.3% or 103 more farms in the three months ending May 2012 compared to the same three months last year, Real Estate Institute of NZ (REINZ) figures show.
A total of 1398 farms were sold in the year to May 2012, 50.3% more than were sold in the year to May 2011.
While the number of agricultural deaths has fallen from 19 in 2010 to 15 in 2011, Federated Farmers is committed to bring it down still further.
OPINION: The new government has clearly signalled big cuts across the public service.
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