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Major players in the primary sector are mobilising staff ahead of NIWA's predictions that regions severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle are about to be hit by potentially one of the country's worst droughts.
Farmers have expressed alarm at some banks setting targets to reduce emissions at a time when the sector is under growing financial strain.
Mark Cameron, the ACT Party’s agricultural spokesperson, says farmers are both referee and player in “the game of farming”.
ACT Party agriculture spokesman Mark Cameron says he regrets earlier statements made prior to his time in Parliament but stands by the tone in which they were made.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Government is not to blame for on-farm pressures.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says the Government didn’t hold an inquiry into rural banking because the sector didn’t ask for one.
About 300 farmers and agriculture industry leaders turned up last night for the Rural Issues Debate in Hamilton.
As part of an ongoing initiative to recognise the importance of service and parts technicians, John Deere ANZ recently held its third annual Technician of the Year Awards at a Gala event in Brisbane.
Origin Ag is New Zealand’s only farm machinery co-operative and owned by a group of farm machinery retailers.
Claas has made good on its promise to take the high horsepower tractor market head-on with the release of its XERION 12 series.
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While much of the news coming from JCB is centred around its hydrogen combustion developments, it has also been looking at electric solutions as an alternative to its largely ICE-based machine ranges.
Farmers are being encouraged to have their say on a proposal to move the Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) eradication programme into a National Pest Management Plan (NPMP) as it moves to a new phase.
Last month's inaugural New Zealand Cashmere Conference saw the opening of a new fibre processing facility.
Green Party co-leader James Shaw has described the Ministry of Education’s decision to carpet 800 small and rural schools in synthetic carpets as “bonkers”.
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