Overbearing?
OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
New Zealand's primary sector is being called on to help shape the future of the country's industry by sharing views and insights about the availability and use of genetic tools.
Pork farmers says a significant influx of imported pork is causing them concern.
Biosecurity New Zealand says it has placed strict movement controls on a commercial egg farm in Otago.
OSPRI will carry out on-farm TB testing, following AsureQuality's decision not to renew their contract.
OPINION: Over the last two weeks we have seen a Bill pass through the house that removes the ETS backstop from agriculture emissions, and once again we heard some strange logic being presented.
The arable sector, which contributes $2 billion to the economy annually, has launched a new strategy.
Rural trader Farmlands has finalised a new equity policy that offers shareholders guidance on future dividends.
Environment Canterbury says it is pausing the development of its Regional Policy Statement following changes in government direction on freshwater management.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says Pharmac needs to reconsider its decision to fund only one brand of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) patches used by women going through perimenopause and menopause.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) says recent criticism from the UK’s Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs regarding New Zealand’s animal welfare standards are unfounded.
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A big shakeup in the honey sector is about to take place with the news that the industry good body, ApiNZ, and the export focused Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association are looking to merge to form a new industry body.
Rural Women New Zealand’s (RWNZ) new president, Sandra Matthews, says the cancellation of rural school bus services could have devastating consequences.
After spending 20 years running her own successful environmental consultancy in Central Otago, Kate Scott is ready for a new challenge.
On the same day that the protesters against David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill marched on Parliament in Wellington, on the other side of the world, UK farmers were also marching on London.
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