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NZ lamb celebrations in London and Oamaru

Events will take place in London and Oamaru to celebrate the 140th annivesary of the first shipment of New Zealand lamb to the UK.

Celebrations will be held in London and Oamaru on 24 May to mark the 140^th anniversary of the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb arriving in the UK in 1882.

ASB rolls out more community bankers

ASB community bankers are able to travel to wherever they're needed which the bank says will be helpful for those in remote locations.

ASB is rolling out more community bankers across New Zealand, providing targeted coaching and seminars to help customers with their personal finance needs.

B+LNZ bosses head to Europe

Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor.

For the first time since Covid-19 travel restrictions were implemented, Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says it will send a contingent of its leaders overseas.

Deer management funding welcomed

The NZ Game Council says it welcomes investment from the Government in the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy: Deer Management and Goat Control.

The NZ Game Animal Council (GAC) welcomes the $30 million allocated in Budget 2022 to implement the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy: Deer Management and Goat Control.

Mindset change needed on rural sector

National Party leader Christopher Luxon says a fresh look is needed at the primary sector to ask what problems the country is trying to solve and what sort of regulation is needed to solve such problems.

Time's up

Federated Farmers national board member Chris Lewis will leave at the organisation's annual meeting in Auckland this July.

Chris Lewis, a Feds national board member and spokesman on immigration and labour issues for the past two years, will leave at its annual meeting in Auckland early July.

Give farmers a chance!

Chris Lewis says the farming sector made the most gains when governments are less arrogant.

Outgoing Federated Farmers leader Chris Lewis believes successive governments have failed to give farmers the chance to resolve key issues facing the agriculture sector.

NZ ploughmen Ireland bound

Two veteran NZ ploughmen have won themselves a trip to the World Ploughing Championships which is being held in Ireland in September.

Fast-tracking farm emissions science

A new government-funded organisation, in partnership with industry, is to be set up in an attempt to fast track solutions that farmers can use to deal with climate change emissions.

FAO distributes seed potatoes to Ukrainian rural families

The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations has distributed seed potato kits to Ukrainian households amid the war in the country.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has distributed seed potato kits to 17,740 Ukrainian households from across ten of the country’s oblasts (administrative division) so they can plant food in time for the next harvesting season.