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Te Puke is famed as New Zealand’s kiwifruit capital, but new research could mean that top spot is contested in the future, with suitable kiwifruit production land identified in Waikato, Taranaki and the top of the South Island.
Fish & Game NZ is encouraging anglers and hunters to reach out to farmers still cleaning up from the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle.
Politicians at this year's New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards heard a clear message from organisers - do not bog the industry down in excessive red tape.
Labour's newly appointed associate Minister for Agriculture says one of her main goals is to look at ways of attracting more young people to make a career in the primary sector.
Farm management software provider FarmIQ is shedding 25% of its workforce and adopting a new operating model to boost revenue.
"We urgently want more government support and certainty."
With just a week left in the 2022-23 season, economists agree that a final milk price around $8.30/kgMS is all but locked in.
The once-lucrative Chinese infant formula market is shrinking.
Rural Communities Minister Kieran McAnulty says rural communities will benefit from education and transport funding announced in today’s budget.
The Government has announced it is setting aside $6 billion to ‘build back better’ from recent flooding and severe weather events in Budget 2023.
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As the five year mark of the programme to eradicate M. bovis is reached, a new discovery has been made.
A bulk payment of $2.3 million from the Hawke’s Bay Disaster Relief Trust is set to go to mayoral relief funds in Wairoa, Central Hawke’s Bay, Napier, and Hastings District.
Family-owned, single-site kiwifruit and avocado post-harvest service provider, Trevelyan’s has signed a sustainability linked loan (SLL) with ASB.
Waikato Regional Council has secured $2.8 million from the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Hill Country Erosion (HCE) Programme in the latest round of funding announced on Sunday.
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