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ANZ is the latest bank to announce a new ‘Green Loan’ for its business and agribusiness customers.
Zespri is in the midst of a major and hastily convened review to find out about the sudden drop in the quality of SunGold kiwifruit during the past season.
A programme providing school leavers with a viable career option in agriculture has seen student numbers soar in recent years.
During September, 30 tertiary health students will be spreading the word about rural health careers to 33 rural schools throughout the country.
Meat processor Silver Fern Farms is moving more animals over fewer kilometres, thanks to a digital real-time transport management system.
Rabobank's Emma Higgins recently outlined some of the current headaches facing the agriculture sector.
Former Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis is one of three candidates confirmed for DairyNZ director elections.
Farmgate returns for red meat producers are expected to remain steady this season despite on-farm challenges.
Beef+Lamb New Zealand chair Andrew Morrison says his organisation understands farmers' concerns about the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) recommended option.
Federated Farmers national president Andrew Hoggard says he understands the frustrations farmers are feeling over HWEN.
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A group of sheep and beef farmers have penned an open letter to Beef+Lamb NZ directors demanding they make changes to the current He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) recommendations for mitigating agricultural emissions or face a vote of no confidence.
A key focus of a new $26.1 million study into the sustainability of our farming sector will be to try and define that regenerative agriculture might look like in a NZ context. Peter Burke reports...
It could be late next year before a proposal by the Gisborne District Council (GDC) to add the value of new SunGold licences to rating kiwifruit orchard properties is finally settled in the Court of Appeal.
National’s agriculture spokespeople Barbara Kuriger and Joseph Mooney have added their voices to the chorus of people asking the Government to delay winter grazing regulations.
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