Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
BRITAIN'S BIGGEST fresh milk supplier, Robert Wiseman Dairies, is offering the equivalent of a 5c/L premium for A2 milk.
IRISH BEEF could be on Chinese plates for the first time in more than a decade after a top official promised to send scientific experts to check Ireland's safeguards against bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
LAMB FLAPS are paving the way for sales of better cuts and beef to China and elsewhere in Asia, says Beef + Lamb New Zealand.
OILSEED RAPE growers in the Central South Island have formed a group "to foster the long-term sustainability of the industry."
YARNS CRITICAL to the New Zealand non-carpet wool textile industry will continue to be produced at Qualityarns’ Milton mill after Wool Equities, as part of a consortium, stepped in to buy the plant which was on the brink of closure.
DAMNED IF we do, and damned if we don't.
That's the likely reaction of many Te Puke Kiwifruit growers this week as they're asked whether they will oppose a form of grafting (notch grafting) with new Psa-resistant varieties.
MORE LEGAL 'teeth' to control and stop the spread of Psa are being considered by Kiwifruit Vine Health's new boss Barry O'Neil.
THE GOVERNMENT plans to change the law on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to make it easier to defer bringing agriculture into the scheme in 2015.
A PETITION calling for a second vote on TAF (trading among farmers) is to be presented to Parliament by Fonterra farmers. Organisers say they are gaining overwhelming support but are running out of time to reach all farms.
The great promise of emerging markets is beginning to crystallise for New Zealand wool leading to renewed optimism among growers that finally, wool may be 'back in fashion', according to a new industry report.
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WINTON FATHER and son duo Peter and Jason Robson took out the horse ploughing section at the New Zealand Ploughing Championships in Cambridge over the weekend.
An "enthusiastic and incredibly driven" couple has been named Supreme winners of the 2012 Otago Ballance Farm Environment Awards
If you're a New Zealand Young Farmers Member, or want to be one, then Dunedin's the place to be from May 24 to 27 this year.
It was 25 years ago that Milfos International was formed and this week the company will celebrate the milestone with an Australasian dealer conference followed by an evening celebration with service partners, suppliers and business people from around New Zealand.
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OPINION: Labour leader Chris 'Chippy' Hipkins is carrying on the world-class gaslighting of the nation that he and his cohorts…
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