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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
New Zealand agriculture doesn't need "the latest fad from America," according to New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science (NZIAHS) president, Jon Hickford.
A new report has found that Kiwi ingenuity and a drive to “make it work” were crucial to New Zealand’s primary sector managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Entries are open for the 2021 Primary Industries Good Employer Awards.
After five years of growth, New Zealand's primary exports are heading for a drop in 2021 - but with a bounce back predicted in 2022.
Dairy farmers can expect a lift in the forecast milk payout if dairy prices continue to climb.
New Zealand is looking to Ireland for support as it negotiates a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU).
A package of 19 projects will help clean up and protect waterways and create local jobs, Environment Minister David Parker announced Saturday.
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Contingency planning by the New Zealand meat industry appears to have paid off as Brexit took effect on January 1.
World food prices rose for the seventh consecutive month in December, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) reports.
Applications are open for young New Zealand chefs to plate up their best beef and lamb dishes in the hope of becoming the very first Beef + Lamb Young Ambassador Chef.
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Training dogs to sniff out the bacterial disease American Foulbrood (AFB) in beehives could save New Zealand’s beekeeping industry several million dollars a year.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) say speed limits around rural schools need to be the same as those around urban schools.
OPINION: There is no doubt that 2020 has been a challenging year for New Zealand and the world.
Turley Farms is a Canterbury-based, family-owned enterprise that grows vegetable, seed and pasture crops – including wheat, barley, potatoes, white clover, onions, grass seed and carrot seed.
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