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OPINION: Last week, Greenpeace lit up Fonterra's Auckland headquarters with 'messages from the common people' - that the sector is…
A recent survey has highlighted the important role of the Rural Trust Support during natural disasters.
Rural women have stepped forward to take leadership positions in the last three to four years, says Rebecca Keoghan, 2018 Rural Woman of Influence.
Dairy farmers are facing two big challenges in falling land prices and increasingly restricted access to capital, says the Australasian financial advisor Findex.
Nestled in the hills on the edge of the Canterbury Plains is a small and surprisingly high tech buffalo farm.
Fonterra says the Government has missed an opportunity to create a level playing field for competition in the dairy industry.
Farmers are being urged to have their say — via the internet — on the Government’s proposed Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill.
Real money and real commitment in the government’s Budget will help farmers make necessary changes to their farming systems, says the Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor.
Was last week’s 3.4% drop in the Global Dairy Trade overall price index a warning sign or a temporary dip? Economists are divided.
This year's Gypsy Day marked the realisation of a dream for former Canterbury sharemilkers Michael and Susie Woodward. They are now proud owners of a 170ha farm at Otorohanga, 45 minutes southwest of Hamilton.
DairyNZ says it is hearing of several cases of nitrate poisoning in the Waikato region, with several cow deaths.
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Fonterra says the proposed changes to DIRA announced today will bring some improvements to the sector, but it also represents a missed opportunity to better support New Zealand.
Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor today announced changes to the legislation governing the dairy industry.
Sales of tractors and farm machinery so far in 2019 are steady versus 2018 but challenges loom, says Tractor and Machinery Association (TAMA) president John Tulloch.
Tulloch Farm Machines will display at Fieldays the latest Krone Big X 780 plus maize header, a Big M 450 self-propelled mower conditioner, a Comprima CF 155XC baler and a Swadro TC 640 rotary rake.
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