Are they serious?
OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
Environment Minister David Parker has labelled members of rural ginger group Groundswell NZ as “dinosaurs”.
Green Party co-leader James Shaw doesn’t believe the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) Climate Action Partnership proposal will work.
An incoming National government will abolish resource consents for building water storage on farmland.
Federated Farmers has set out what it calls the rural roadmap that it wants the next government to implement.
Nationwide agricultural consultancy firm AgFirst has taken the initiative early on to have plans in place and tools available to help farmers prepare for drought.
Beef + Lamb NZ is busy running a series of events and webinars aimed at ensuring farm profitability in the light of the impending drought.
Major players in the primary sector are mobilising ahead of predictions that the country is about to be hit by potentially one of the country's worst droughts. Peter Burke reports...
Winston Peters has castigated Fonterra for its performance in China and believes there could be more value added to the agriculture sector.
Relocation funding is now available through Te Whatu Ora to support the recruitment of international general practitioners applying to work in rural primary care practices.
Troubled milk processor Synlait has been dealt another blow with cornerstone stakeholder a2 Milk Company (a2MC) giving notice to pull the plug on an exclusive manufacturing deal.
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A former Fonterra director is thrilled that the co-operative is looking at reducing its board size, eight years after he successfully co-sponsored a motion for farmer shareholders.
Climate change, record low farmer confidence and an avalanche of government-sponsored regulations dominated the inaugural Rural Issues Debate in Hamilton earlier this month.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says it’s backing the country’s sheep farmers by choosing wool tiles to carpet its Wellington office.
Dairy prices rose for the second successive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction last week, but the jury is still out on whether prices have turned a corner.
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