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Wellsford is most certainly settling into winter mode with just 163 head yarded on Monday.
Sale goers were once again greeted by freezing temperatures at Temuka on Monday with the mercury barely in the positive.
The attached report contains the latest benchmark prices for lamb, beef and deer (works and store prices), as well as updates on the forces that influence these prices (including international market prices, exchange rates and local procurement issues).
Over the past few weeks, US imported beef prices have dropped as a result of reduced demand for imported product.
National Beekeepers' Association president Barry Foster says he will talk to MPI about improving their communication following the independent report into how the devastating kiwifruit vine disease PSA came into this country.
AgriVenture New Zealand has teamed up with New Zealand Young Farmers this year to award an AgriVenture scholarship to one lucky NZYF member.
THE NEW public face of weather in New Zealand says it’s too hard to say what pattern is heading our way in the coming months.
INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS and commercial companies will work much more closely together in future, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman Mike Petersen.
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.
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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.
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