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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
A recently published Journal of Dairy Science article puts forth evidence that animal personality is distinctly linked to productivity traits in cattle and farm animals in general.
Rural water users still remain highly concerned about the Government's contentious Three Waters Reforms.
As New Zealand prepared for the first ever national lockdown in March 2020, a small team of five United Fresh staff were realising the impact that a nationwide shutdown would have on the country’s horticulture industry.
Trade and Export Minister Damien O’Connor is off to Europe, Canada and Australia with the aim of advancing New Zealand’s economic interests.
Wilma Falconer has been announced as Environment Southland’s (ES) new chief executive.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is on the hunt for biosecurity champions as entries open for the 2022 New Zealand Biosecurity Awards.
MPI director general Ray Smith is hailing as "phenomenal" news that NZ's primary exports will reach $52.2 billion. This is contained in the Ministry for Primary Industries' latest report on the Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries (SOPI), as Peter Burke reports...
Plans to put a price on farm greenhouse emissions poses a 'leakage risk' to NZ agriculture, according to NZ Institute chief economist Eric Crampton.
The country's pork sector has welcomed an extension to consultation on a controversial draft code of welfare for pigs.
Māori supoort for HWEN may be a key factor in winning government support for the primary sector-led initiative.
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DairyNZ chair, Jim van der Poel, claims the HWEN proposal is a win-win for all New Zealanders.
There is no credible alternative!
Westland Milk's decision to stop collecting milk from farms owned by reclusive Christian community Gloriavale is heading for a showdown in court.
He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) chair Michael Ahie says the approach put forward by the primary sector climate change action partnership in its report to the Government on how to deal with on-farm emissions is the best option.
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