Don't hold back!
OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
Look for market trends, rather than market signals.
With less than three months left in the 2022-23 season, the window for farmgate milk prices to lift is closing.
"We're not in a good place and some growers will have to just walk away from their land.”
With the B+LNZ annual meeting documentation currently hitting farmer's mailboxes, claims are being made that with the unprecedented number of farmer-proposed remits the organisation has become disconnected from its grassroots levy payers. David Anderson reports.
Sam McIvor says unless road access, capable of taking stock trucks, is restored to farmers in cyclone ravaged areas within six weeks there will be massive long term problems.
Dairy farmers are fuming over a remit that wants Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) to prioritise advocacy work for the sheep and beef sector.
Jo-Anne Stokes has been appointed as Animal and Plant Health NZ’s new technical adviser – crop protection.
Over 50,000 metric tonnes of pork was imported into New Zealand last year, most of which came from countries that allow pig farming practices that are illegal in New Zealand, claims NZPork.
New Zealand red meat exports had a slow start to the year with total export values down 7% compared to January 2022, according to analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
The red meat processing sector is working hard to support cyclone-affected farmer by ensuring plants return to operation as soon as possible and providing assistance to rural communities.
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In the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle, OSPRI says it is taking a pragmatic approach to TB testing in the Hawke’s Bay Movement Control Area (MCA).
Pirongia dairy farmer Emma Poole has been crowned the Waikato Bay of Plenty FMG Young Farmer of the Year.
As farmers and growers continue to re-establish their businesses in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle, the Government has announced a boost of $26 million to meet the need in the recovery efforts.
The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined in February for the eleventh consecutive month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says.
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