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Minister for Rural Communities Damien O’Connor is congratulating the rural New Zealanders recognised for their services to the country in this year’s Queen’s Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours list.
The finalists in the 2022 Ahuwhenua Trophy competition for the top Māori sheep and beef farm have been announced.
Mark Leslie says there is huge uncertainty in the global markets, as well as issues on the farms themselves.
Australian farmers hope that the new Labor Government will help ease chronic worker shortages crippling the agriculture sector.
The dairy season ended last week with a record milk price, but farmers aren't popping the champagne.
Women in rural New Zealand could be at risk of missing a vital breast cancer diagnosis due to the impacts of Covid-19.
A primary sector think tank believes it's incredibly important for the NZ sector to grow exponentially and a big focus should be on developing exports in the 'wellness' space.
Farm inflation is at its highest level in almost 40 years, according to Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ).
Despite attempts by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) to ease rural water users concerns about the Government's contentious 3 Waters reforms, worries remain.
Health Minister Andrew Little has done an about turn and agreed to having a separate, legally-binding rural health strategy in the Pae Ora Health Futures legislation, which comes into effect in July.
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OverseerFM’s Farm Groups is proving popular with farmers across New Zealand, according to the company.
While farmer satisfaction with banks is relatively stable, many more farmers feel under pressure with costs on the rise, according to the new Federated Farmers Banking Survey.
The latest on-farm inflation rate has hit 10.2%, the highest it’s been since 1985-86 according to a recent report from Beef + Lamb NZ (B+LNZ).
John Roche, chief science advisor at the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), reckons despite all the local and international challenges facing the New Zealand farming sector, it has a lot of positives going for it.
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