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Federated Farmers is urging motorists and agricultural machinery operators to show each other care and understanding amid the harvest season.
The New Zealand apple industry is expecting fruit of good quality and size as it heads into the 2023 export harvest season.
An independent review into Mycoplasma bovis infection in Wakanui, mid-Canterbury, shows appropriate steps are being taken to remove infection in the area, says M. bovis Programme director Simon Andrew.
United Fresh New Zealand says consumers should be prepared for fresh vegetable shortages in the coming weeks as floodwaters throughout the upper North Island impact food safety.
New Zealand's second largest milk processor has lowered its milk price forecast following a prolonged decline in global dairy prices.
Beef+Lamb NZ chair Andrew Morrison says new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins should understand the huge amount of financial pressure that dry stock farmers are facing when he and his cabinet review what projects should be scrapped or revisited.
"We'll take what wins we can get."
Federated Farmers is calling for a government inquiry into the factors that contributed to recent flooding and smashed infrastructure in the Gisborne region during Cyclone Hale.
The deadline for farmers to apply for future winter grazing consents is just over three months away, but Otago Regional Council (ORC) is encouraging farmers to act now and apply.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) is encouraging farmers to get involved with the national Open Farm Day, held Sunday 12 March 2023.
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Wallaby populations continue to grow in New Zealand, something which has prompted the launch of the first national awareness campaign.
The beef sector's golden run looks set to continue, according to Rabobank's latest report.
Within hours of Chris Hipkins being sworn in as the new Prime Minister, the red meat sector issued a series of demands it wants the country's politicians to address in forthcoming election campaign.
Labour-strapped meat processors are bracing for a big jump in calves arriving from dairy farms as Fonterra's new rules around bobby calves kicks in.
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