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The very first of the scanned in lamb ewes have shown up in some of the earlier lambing regions in the North Island.
When compared to last weeks sale in the North Island, wool was generally dearer at yesterday's sale despite a slight increase in the NZ dollar.
The three winners of the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are attending the National Agricultural Fieldays to promote the awards programme, meet with sponsors and find new ideas and technologies to assist their businesses.
The People's Republic of China's Government of Guizhou Province and New Zealand's Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development) have launched an international agricultural exchange programme.
THE WOOL SALE held in the South Island today (Thursday) comprised 10,334 bales of which 7, 587 reached market reserves or above, New Zealand Wool Services International Limited's general manager, John Dawson reports.
THREE YEARS ago Whangara Farms won the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the best Maori sheep and beef farm in New Zealand.
REBECCA EIVERS, a doctorate student at The University of Waikato, wants to nurse back to health Waikato’s ailing peat lakes. Her work is on show at the uni’s Fieldays stand.
CARBON LEVELS in Waikato dairying land are the subject of research by University of Waikato.
RUNNING THE National Fieldays is a 365-day business, says chief executive Jon Calder.
HAVING SPENT my working life farming sheep, beef and dairy as well as pigs, I'm the first to recognise that New Zealand is dependent on transparently setting standards for international trading of agricultural products. But all my farming experience has shown me how crucial New Zealand's high biosecurity status is to our long-term economic security.
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THEY SAY one week is a long time in politics, but three weeks is a lifetime in the current dairy industry political environment. The shock exit of Fonterra Shareholders Council chairman Simon Couper confirms TAF (trading among farmers) is not a done deal among councillors.
A TAF ‘no’ vote no longer carries the threat of Government intervention.
The Budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year beginning July 1, continues to forecast a return to surplus before the end of the 2015 fiscal year.
THE IRISH dairy sector has the potential to create 15,000 jobs over the next three-five years, in the process giving a much-needed boost to the Irish economy in exports and in direct and indirect employment.
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