Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Despite claims by Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor that a new report will be the plan “to revitalise New Zealand’s strong wool sector…” there’s widespread belief it will do no such thing.
New Zealand's primary sector has added steel to the country’s economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recently released report.
The unknown of what winter will bring is very much on the mind of the Hawkes Bay Rural Support Trust head Mike Barham.
Agricultural contractors are warning about a severe shortage of skilled machinery operators for the upcoming harvest season.
Moves by the NZ potato industry to have anti-dumping tariffs imposed on European imports could play into the hands of the EU, warns a long-time trade negotiator.
New Zealand potato growers want duties imposed on frozen potato imports coming into the country from Belgium and the Netherlands.
Whole milk powder (WMP) prices are now sitting above pre-Covid-19 levels and New Zealand farmers can thank a resurging Chinese economy for that.
Farmer co-op LIC will pay $18 million in dividends to shareholders after a strong full-year result.
Yet another report has been produced about trying to resurrect the country’s struggling wool sector.
The politicos who made the decision to get rid of the wool levy should hang their heads in shame, says Lochie MacGillivray.
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New Zealand appears to have Mycoplasma bovis under control.
Life in China is starting to get back to some semblance of normality, according to MPI’s deputy director general of China Relations.
Two weeks ago, many farmers in Northland were in drought recovery mode, now they are repairing fences and culverts washed away by flooding.
Federated Farmers has released its election manifesto, advising the incoming government on the policies farmers want.
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