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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…
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.
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.
The Fonterra Shareholders Council admits that it’s failing to achieve the trust and respect of its farmers.
A new state of the art accommodation facility for RSE or temporary overseas workers at a large Māori kiwifruit orchard in the Bay of Plenty has been opened by the Minister of Māori Development, Nanaia Mahuta.
Fruit and vegetable growers are warning their produce will be left unpicked and rotting in the fields unless the Government approves urgent visas for overseas workers.
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A group of Fonterra shareholders are having another go at next month’s annual meeting to force a revamp of the troubled Shareholders Council.
New research shows that New Zealand sheep and beef farms are already offsetting the majority of their agricultural emissions.
The forecast milk payout for this season has gone up by 40c and Fonterra farmers can thank Chinese consumers.
Southland Federated Farmers vice president Bernadette Hunt says she finds it “interesting” that Environment Minister David Parker continues to downplay the feedback on the Government’s freshwater regulations.
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