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THE TAF issue is nothing compared to the next hurdle for farmers: the implementation of national policy statements for freshwater management, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairperson Willy Leferink.
THE GOVERNMENT is considering financial help for stricken kiwifruit growers in the Bay of Plenty.
IN A bid to emulate the success of the merino industry, Wools of New Zealand is inviting 12,000 growers to invest in it as a revamped strong wool sales and marketing company.
Primary Industries Minister David Carter has welcomed immediate action on the recommendations of an independent review of import requirements and border clearance processes.
The Ministry for Primary Industries should reverse its decision to proceed with the lowering of the import health standards for pork, says Labour's biosecurity spokesperson, Damien O'Connor.
The independent report on Psa highlights issues of setting and implementing border standards, says NZPork.
Federated Farmers is convinced the independent and robust Sapere Research Group review into the entry of Psa will lead to significant improvements at the border.
It's the year of the dragon in China, a particularly auspicious time to have a baby. Someone who is destined to be self-assured, clever, generous and loyal.
There was quality aplenty in the ewe pens at Stortford today and despite the dismal weather a good bench of buyers bided up with prices up a notch on recent weeks.
The value of NZ exports have continued to fall from their peak in November 2011.
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The North Island store cattle market is fairly quiet as farmers batten down the hatches for winter.
The store cattle market in the South Island is still fairly buoyant in comparison to the lamb job seeing the outlook appears more promising.
New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI) says it will take legal advice to determine whether to take further legal action following the findings of a review into the incursion of the kiwifruit vine-killing disease Psa.
New Zealand's major livestock industries have welcomed the recently introduced enhancements to the national animal identification and tracing scheme (NAIT).
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