A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
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.
China's slower than expected recovery from Covid-19 and an oversupply of Australian sheep meat is causing problems for NZ sheep farmers.
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.
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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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