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OPINION: The good fight against "banking wokery" continues with a draft bill to scrap the red tape forcing banks and…
The biggest silo ever made in a New Zealand workshop and transported in one piece rolled out of the Mercer Stainless manufacturing plant in Christchurch early this morning.
New Zealand's leading rural recycling programme is running a rewards initiative this autumn to encourage more farmers to recycle.
Starting a family provided the impetus for 2012 Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Miles Harrison and Lucy Heffernan, to commit to the dairy industry.
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) yesterday cleared German company BayWa Ag to take over Turners and Growers.
It's Taranaki Anniversary Day on Monday – but for the eight Young Farmers competing in The National Bank Young Farmer Contest, this won't be a day for relaxing.
Animal nutrient provider, SealesWinslow has appointed Graeme Smith as chief executive, effective May 1.
CANTERBURY ARABLE farmers’ hopes for a record ryegrass harvest have been dashed by prolonged inclement weather.
THE PUBLIC, and fellow farmers, are quick to complain if stock, particularly dairy cows, stray into streams and waterways. But it seems many regional councils can do little about the problem.
AFTER SIX years of negotiations, lock-outs and threats of legal action, national grid operator Transpower has settled with one of the last South Canterbury farmers holding out for compensation for upgrade work on lines crossing his crops.
There is concern in the rural sector about the decision of Horizons Regional Council to essentially oppose some parts of its One Plan as finally produced by the Commissioners who heard all the evidence.
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SIX YEARS ago New Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) as an organisation was in dire straits. But a merger with the flagship event, the National Bank Young Farmer Contest, in 2006, and a concerted effort to boost membership nationwide since, has turned the organisation around.
AN ATTEMPT to connect consumers of our lamb in Germany has seen two New Zealand farmers, one of whom is Ashley Cole, establish blogs on Beef &Lamb NZ's (BLNZ) German website.
THE ORGANISER of a kiwifruit growers' protest meeting met what appeared to be an orchestrated response to his initiative at Te Puke.
BANKS WILL need to support kiwifruit growers through a year to 18 months as they switch to Psa-V resistant varieties of gold kiwifruit, say growers representative Neil Trebilco.
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