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Waikato dairy farmer George Moss says New Zealand’s dairy industry must keep innovating or risk losing the mantle of being the world’s most emissions efficient.
Don't rule out another lift in Fonterra’s milk price with global dairy prices on a roll, say commentators.
One issue that has been picked out of the Climate Change Commission report is a reference to reducing stock numbers by 15%.
More science and technology, more trees and fewer livestock is the prescription that the Climate Change Commission has offered up in its draft report on how to reduce greenhouse gases in the agriculture sector.
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 113.3 points, rising 4.3% to reach its highest level since July 2014.
The New Zealand red meat sector exported $9.2 billion worth of products during 2020, an increase of 1% on the previous year, according to an analysis by the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
A year-long trial has shown that it’s possible to produce a beef patty sustainably across the supply chain in New Zealand.
Meal kit company HelloFresh has seen a significant lift in the volume of orders as it expands its share of the New Zealand market and doubled its menu.
The sale of the land and buildings that formerly-housed the Mars Petcare New Zealand facility in Whanganui closes one chapter of the region’s manufacturing story but opens another.
A partnership of Wairarapa farmers is part of a growing wetland restoration movement to build community resilience against flooding, drought, landslides and water pollution.
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has appointed Bayden Barber as an independent board director.
Compliance, monitoring and enforcement data released by Waikato Regional Council for 2019/20 show that 21 environmental prosecutions were completed over 12 months, with 42 convictions against 23 polluters.
A large dairy farming operation, linked to Fonterra chairman Peter McBride, has been fined $47,000 for an effluent management breach.
Amid significant global turbulence, New Zealand agricultural producers are poised to enjoy a fifth consecutive year of general profitability in 2021, according to a new report by Rabobank.
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