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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
There was only two points in it at the Carterton Events Centre on Saturday night.
Fonterra's decision to drop its 2011-12 forecast payout by 15c/kgMS demonstrates the trade exposed nature of our primary industries, says Federated Farmers Dairy chairman Willy Leferink.
The establishment of a regional water entity could well be the way forward for Canterbury - and the place to debate this will be the IrrigationNZ conference in Timaru next month.
Fonterra is reducing its 2011-12 forecast payout by 15c/kgMS as a result of declining commodity prices and a soaring Kiwi dollar.
The North and South Island Wool auction comprising 26,000 bales saw a firm to dearer market with a 90.3% clearance, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's marketing executive, Malcolm Ching says.
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.
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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.
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