AUSTRALIAN DAIRY, rice and wine exporters to Malaysia are the biggest winners in a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries last month.

THE MURRAY Darling Basin Plan designed to return water from irrigation use to waterways in four states of Australia has drawn fire from every stakeholder.

NEGOTIATIONS ON the Government’s biosecurity response agreement is far from over, says Horticulture New Zealand president Andrew Fenton.

AVERAGE SPENDING increases by New Zealand councils are a moderate 3.1% next year – but it’s the forecast 45.5% increase over the next decade that worries Federated Farmers.

“PLEASE HELP us” is the impassioned plea from Te Puke kiwifruit grower Rob Thode, who says growers feel abandoned.

A GROUP of Fonterra shareholders has commissioned a report on hybrid cooperative models because they’re concerned they’re not getting the full story from their own board and management.

Health professionals with an interest in the rural sector have less than one month to apply for this year's Rural Women NZ & Access Homehealth scholarship, with a closing date of July 1.

Trade policy specialist Wade Armstrong has been appointed one of two government representatives on the New Zealand Meat Board.

Most New Zealanders are townies these days but still value the rural sector. And that's why the National Agricultural Fieldays is such an important annual event, says the University of Waikato's inaugural chair of agribusiness, Professor Jacqueline Rowarth.

A farmer-led Canterbury Water Forum will tomorrow challenge environmental preconceptions about farming typified by the front page of today's Dominion Post.

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