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OPINION: Normally farmer good organisations are happy to use the media to get their message across to politicians and the consumers.
A project intended to protect the Waikato and Waipa rivers has gained a time extension.
The Healthy Rivers Wai Ora committee says it has endorsed a regional plan change for the rivers going to the council early next year – with public notification soon after – instead of the first suggested date of November this year.
The extension is designed to help the group running the scheme – Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai – to get the information it needs to make it all work.
The committee heard that the group members were concerned that under the original timeline they would not have enough time to assess all relevant information and consult with their people. And the technical people said they needed more time to complete the science. This included information on the amount of nitrogen due to come into the rivers from groundwater, and the time that it takes the nitrogen to travel.
Notification early next year “provides a more realistic timeframe for the group to talk with their sectors on the opportunities and constraints of the limit and target scenarios”.
Managing director of Woolover Ltd, David Brown, has put a lot of effort into verifying what seems intuitive, that keeping newborn stock's core temperature stable pays dividends by helping them realise their full genetic potential.
Within the next 10 years, New Zealand agriculture will need to manage its largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, conservatively valued at $150 billion in farming assets.
Boutique Waikato cheese producer Meyer Cheese is investing in a new $3.5 million facility, designed to boost capacity and enhance the company's sustainability credentials.
OPINION: The Government's decision to rule out changes to Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) that would cost every farmer thousands of dollars annually, is sensible.
Compensation assistance for farmers impacted by Mycoplama bovis is being wound up.
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