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OPINION: Demand for red meat is booming, while it seems the heyday of plant-based protein is well past its 'best…
Farmgate red meat prices are taking a hit as Covid continues to disrupt dining out businesses around the world.
As banks start phasing out cheques for customers across New Zealand, Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says its members are unhappy with the decision.
A first time competitor has won the Taranaki Manawatu FMG Young Farmer of the Year Regional Final.
The director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Qu Dongyu, has pledged to intensify efforts toward addressing child labour in agriculture through a dedicated work programme.
MPI has turned down a request from the horticulture sector to declare the recent hail and rainstorms, that decimated many orchards around the country and cost growers millions
of dollars in lost income, as an ‘adverse event’.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is funding a new marae-based project to help Kaipara residents grow their own food.
As New Zealand faces a shortage of veterinarians, a petition has been launched urging the Government to reclassify veterinarians as critical workers.
Data release by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) shows there were 175 more farm sales for the three months ending December 2020 than for the same period in 2019.
A report by the ANZ bank paints a somewhat sombre picture for sheepmeat in the coming year and mirrors a similar prediction in MPI’s Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries report (SOPI) published in December.
Otago District Central Zone moved to a restricted fire season effective at 8am Wednesday 20 January.
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A new voluntary sustainability and continuous improvement standard developed by the Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP) has been piloted by sheep and beef farmers.
Rural communications continues to lift to new levels in a world where connection and safety are key.
Outbreaks of Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) have decreased by two-thirds between 2015 and 2019, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Waikato Regional Council is urging farmers to be vigilant after seven separate court cases found farmers to have unlawfully discharged farm effluent into the environment.
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