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OPINION: ACT MP Mark Cameron isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but he certainly calls it how he sees it, holding…
Mid-Canterbury arable and dairy farmer Craige Mackenzie’s philosophy is right input, right quantity, right place, right time — which makes sense for his business and for the land, waterways and climate.
An East Coast farm is enjoying a dramatic increase in productivity, despite retiring 10% of the land – proving that farming sustainably doesn’t have to come at an economic cost.
When 14-year-old Lincoln High School student Rosa Macaulay was asked to write story about her favourite room, instead of choosing her bedroom like most 14-year-old girls, she chose her grandfather’s sheep yards.
OPINION: The biggest issue currently facing our industry is environmental policy, writes Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor.
OPINION: From my quotes file, here is one that I have rather sadly seen lived out up close and personal, too many times to recall.
A jump in the value and volume of New Zealand’s sheepmeat exports to Europe and the UK shows why preserving WTO tariff-rate quotas is so important, claims the Meat Industry Association (MIA).
Sheep milk company Maui Milk is looking for new farmer suppliers as demand soars.
New Zealand trade officials are watching the escalating trade war between the US and China with mounting concern and anxiety.
While lamb prices are starting the new season at around 16% below last year’s levels, they are not outright weak, according to the BNZ.
Waikato milk processor Tatua posted record revenues of $381 million last financial year.
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Miraka, the Māori-owned dairy company near Taupo, believes its farmer suppliers are relatively happy about a possible lower payout this season.
New Zealand meat exporters want the EU and UK to get serious on reaching a deal on post-Brexit quotas.
Nearly half of our country’s meat exports are at risk unless there is urgent action by government to allow migrant workers to stay in New Zealand.
Federated Farmers is hoping for changes to the Department of Conservation's (DoC) high country grazing rules in the aftermath of two recent big wildfires in the Mackenzie Basin.
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