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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
Southland dairy farmer Hugh Jackson was crowned the Otago Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year over the weekend.
Some of the world's major food companies are demanding even more severe environmental targets than New Zealand has provision for in its own climate change legislation.
The first shipment of the 2023 New Zealand kiwifruit season recently departed the Port of Tauranga, carrying around 2,500 tonnes (more than 600,000 trays) of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit to customers in Japan.
A leading Australian banker says commentators that keep pillorying farmers for not doing enough for the environment have a negative effect.
Almost two thirds of pork consumed in New Zealand comes from countries that fail – and are not required – to meet our animal welfare standards.
A candidate for the upcoming Silver Fern Farms Co-operative board elections says the co-op is going to need continued strong governance to handle the challenges facing farmers.
Special Agricultural Trade Envoy Mel Poulton says New Zealand’s red meat sector is well-positioned to leverage its strengths and navigate global volatility.
A case of atypical bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Brazil has resulted in temporary export suspensions from that country - as well as renewed international calls for increased transparency.
The Mycoplasma bovis eradication programme has reached a big milestone with the depopulation of all confirmed infected properties in the stubborn pocket of infection in mid-Canterbury.
Winning the East Coast FMG Young Farmer of the Year title hasn't sunk in for Patoka farmer Patrick Crawshaw.
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Fonterra farmers are picking up the tab of about 30 fellow shareholders forced to dry off due to damage caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Ireland's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Marine blew the whistle just moments after he and NZ's Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor concluded their formal talks in Wellington.
There are signs that the Chinese economy is rebounding after Covid-19, but dairy farmers may need to wait a little longer to reap the full benefits from their biggest market.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand says it is open to providing farmers with "additional comfort" around how it balances the needs of all levy payers.
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