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Horticulture exports hit a record breaking $6.2 billion in the year ending June 2019 – up $720 million over the previous year.
Agricultural contractors are still struggling to fill the huge hole of workers it needs, despite recruiting 300 locals to the industry.
A retired Northland farmer and machinery driver says rural contractors must take some blame for the current shortage of skilled operators.
An estimated 28 million tonnes of crop worth $110 million will be at risk if overseas machinery operators are not allowed into the country, according to a new survey.
Farmers remain cautious and even wary – despite the sector having done reasonably well during the COVID-19 pandemic – according to the latest rural report from the BNZ.
PGG Wrightson's annual result for 2019-20 reflects a game of two halves: a first half net profit of $12.8 million followed by a loss of $5m in the second.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that Auckland will stay in COVID-19 Alert Level 3 until 11:59pm 30 August.
Farming groups are greeting the Government’s newly imposed freshwater regulations with trepidation, but acceptance.
Online stock sales are not just a COVID-19 thing, but the way of the future.
Milk company A2 has announced a net profit of $386 million, a 34% increase over the previous financial year.
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Second waves of COVID-19 around the world continue to weigh on dairy prices, according to Westpac senior agri economist Nathan Penny.
HortNZ chief executive Mike Chapman says his organisation wrote to the Prime Minister when the lockdown was first announced asking for independent retailers to be allowed to open during Alert Level 3.
Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says there have been inconsistencies in how the Auckland border rules are being applied.
Farming leaders have hit out at the Ministry of Health’s handling of the Level 3 lockdown in the Auckland region and the chaos and frustration that it’s creating.
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