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OPINION: The Free Speech Union is taking this one too far.
Greenpeace is again engaging in its favourite pastime….highlighting the state of NZ rivers and how fertiliser used on dairy farms are turning the rivers into hell holes.
All eyes are on China as the country grapples with the deadly coronavirus.
A Waikato farmer has been fined $57,375 for the unlawful discharge of effluent to a local stream from a storage pond.
Global dairy prices have recorded their second big drop in two weeks.
Last week, 21 developing dairy industry leaders started Fonterra’s year-long Governance Development Programme.
Public attitudes are very strong on environmental issues such as clean water and that is driving policy according to the Director of the Farmed Landscapes Research Centre (FLRC) at Massey University.
Southland dairy farmers ironically need some good rain to wash the silt off their pastures and help recover from the early February flooding, says Open Country Dairy regional milk supply manager Myles Herdman.
Fonterra is enjoying a golden run in the Australian butter market.
Proposed new environmental rules for the Waimakariri District will drive some farmers off their land, say farmers and their support groups.
Dry weather is spreading through Waikato but farmers are coping, says Waikato Primary Industry Adverse Event Cluster chairman Neil Bateup.
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A school in Gore has lent a hand in the Southland clean-up effort.
The financial impact of the flooding which ripped through Southland in the first week of February is huge, says Southland Federated Farmers vice-president Bernadette Hunt.
The country's second largest milk processor says any negative impact of coronavirus should be short lived.
Pricing for New Zealand dairy could soon be hit by coronavirus.
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