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Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) is holding more meetings in Te Kuiti and Gisborne next week.

Farmer feedback points to a big turnout of farmers tomorrow for the Meat Industry Excellence (MIE) meeting in Christchurch, says Blair Gallagher, the local organising chairman.

Winning the 2013 Bay of Plenty Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title has proved a natural progression for Russell and Nadine Meade (pictured).

By winning the 2013 Waikato Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title, Andrew and Michelle McPherson are well positioned to attract business growth opportunities.

From Bruce Wills, president of Federated Farmers

"The New Zealand wool industry is currently weak and fragmented to the point of being dysfunctional," writes Sandra Faulkner in her Nuffield Farming Scholarship report.

Judging gets underway this week in the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

The 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards will be the biggest and best yet, with a record 566 entries received, up from the previous best of 525.

Just over 300 entries have so far been received in the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

More than 160 entrants so far in the 2013 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards have a chance of winning a Honda Duster XR125 farm bike.

The new Primary Industry Training Organisation will be officially opened tonight (October 10).