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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
It was around 27 years ago when Rod Slater agreed to step in as interim chief executive of Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell says results of the last two dairy auctions reflect volatility in the global markets.
Farmers are welcoming the Government’s decision to delay intensive winter grazing (IWG) rules until May next year.
Johnny Appleseed is one of the largest apple growers in New Zealand; director Paul Paynter says the current worker shortage crisis in the sector can be sheeted home to Government naivety.
A controversial move to increase the director fees was voted down by farmers at Beef + Lamb NZ’s annual meeting in Invercargill, last week.
Some orchardists in Hawkes Bay are so short of people to pick their fruit that they are resorting to ‘poaching’ workers from the meat companies.
Fonterra says its revised strategy, focusing on value rather than volume, is paying off.
Sheep and beef farmers have sent a clear message to the Beef+Lamb NZ board by voting out one long-time director and nearly dumping another.
Hawke's Bay's multi-million dollar apple industry is facing a crisis like never before – all because there are not enough people available to pick the apple crop.
Data released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 129 more farm sales (+39.2%) for the three months ended February 2021 than for the three months ended February 2020.
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An international virtual conference that focuses on cultivating a shift towards more sustainable and ethical grazing systems will involve presentations from experts all over the world.
OPINION: FARM (Facts About Ruminant Methane) is a group of farmers and scientists who question the need for drastic cuts in ruminant methane. Owen Jennings prosecutes FARM’s argument in the second of a two part opinion piece…
OPINION: F.A.R.M. (Facts About Ruminant Methane) is a group of farmers and scientists who question the need for drastic cuts in ruminant methane. They argue that there is a natural cycle where the emitters of a GHG (methane) use as much as they emit to grow the grass the cows need to produce the methane and thus puts ruminant methane in a different category to fossil fuel emissions.
Fonterra has revealed a positive first half result, posting a net profit of $391 million and declaring a 5c interim dividend.
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