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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…
Former Fonterra director Nicola Shadbolt says she has unfinished business on the co-operative’s board.
An ‘11th-hour’ relaxation of border restrictions by the Government has been welcomed by the agri sector, but the wider industry is calling for more exemptions.
Small Waikato milk processor Tatua has done it again.
Trade experts are warning that time is running out to secure the future of New Zealand red meat exports to the European Union.
The National Party says it will establish a $600 million fund to develop a long term plan for water storage if elected.
Sheep and beef farmer confidence dropped to the lowest recorded level since August 2017, according to a survey by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).
Drought has contributed to New Zealand’s sheep flock falling over the past year.
Farmers are being warned to check their fuel tanks following a fuel tanker driver being seriously injured on a farm.
Nationwide on-farm recycler Plasback has more than doubled the volume of waste plastic it collected this year.
St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton has come up trumps again at the recent Fieldays Online Innovation Awards.
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OPINION: This old mutt hears that there is some discontent in the wool sector at the tactics being used by the meat industry to rejuvenate wool’s prospects.
OPINION: Your canine crusader, like many in the rural sector, was deeply distressed to hear the tragic news that a livestock ship carrying cattle from NZ to China had sunk off the coast of Japan after hitting a typhoon.
OPINION: Your old mate notes that Conservation Minister and Green MP Eugene Sage was waxing lyrically about the recent legal protection of 11,800 hectares of new conservation land in the Mackenzie Basin.
OPINION: The Hound – like most in the rural sector would have – shuddered when the Green Party revealed it would like to hold the agriculture portfolio if it gets into government after the election.
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OPINION: The previous government spent too much during the Covid-19 pandemic, despite warnings from officials, according to a briefing released…
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