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Women looking for new ways of promoting their small rural business are encouraged to enter the RWNZ Enterprising Rural Women Award 2013.
A $54,000 grant to St John from Federated Farmers will help the organisation continue its important community work.
The way farms and rural businesses deal with waste is the focus of a study being done for Environment Canterbury.
NIWA researchers are working with five Canterbury farmers to develop and trial an innovative tool that generates tailored, site-specific weather forecasts to help manage irrigation.
Aaron Passey is the latest Grand Finalist for the ANZ Young Farmer Contest having narrowly taken first place over the weekend (Saturday, February 23) at the East Coast Regional Final in Woodville.
Wools of New Zealand this week achieved the minimum threshold of $5 million necessary to proceed with establishing a 100% strong wool grower-owned sales and marketing company.
iFarm has adjusted their lamb price outlook downwards again this month with dry conditions boosting kill numbers and overseas markets still subdued.
A small number of cattle yarded at Rangiuru yesterday were met with a good crowd of usual buyers from around the BOP and surrounding areas like the King Country and Waikato.
Store lamb prices at Canterbury Park once again eased as the expectation of schedule prices continuing to do the same is hitting vendors in the pocket.
A new set of national good management practice standards, aimed at lifting environmental performance on dairy farms, has been agreed between industry body DairyNZ and all dairy companies.
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Tim van de Molen is the second Grand Finalist in 2013 after he won the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Regional Final for the ANZ Young Farmer Contest on Saturday, February 16 in Hamilton at St Paul's Collegiate School.
A new animal proteins analyst for New Zealand, Matt Costello, has been appointed to Rabobank's Food and Agribusiness Research & Advisory division.
The combined North and South Island Wool Auction comprising 13,900 bales saw a 90% clearance despite a firmer NZ dollar, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson reports.
Finalists in the 2013 Beef + Lamb New Zealand Golden Lamb Awards, aka the Glammies, have been announced.
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