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Ham has edged out lamb to become Kiwis’ top choice for their Christmas tables this year.
As New Zealand enters the summer months, rural insurer FMG is reminding farmers and growers to take extra care with a new campaign.
Hawke’s Bay’s Silt Recovery Taskforce has received the Collaboration Excellence Award at the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) Awards.
Groundswell co-founder Bryce McKenzie says the government’s continued plans for emissions pricing are as bad for farmers as Labour’s plan.
Farmers want the Commerce Commission to investigate whether pursuit of net-zero strategies and targets by New Zealand banks breaches competition rules.
Farmers are still having reservations about the service provided by their banks, according to Federated Farmers’ latest banking survey.
Biosecurity New Zealand says continued testing and monitoring shows no signs of avian influenza outside of Mainland Poultry’s Hillgrove, Otago farm.
Former Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy will be the new chair of the Climate Change Commission.
Biosecurity New Zealand says test results to date from a small free-range layer chicken farm near Dunedin are negative for avian influenza.
Biosecurity New Zealand has reported no signs of disease on other chicken farms operated by Mainland Poultry in Otago, however testing and monitoring work continues.
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New Zealand is out of step globally in looking to put a price on agricultural emissions from food production.
Construction has begun on Farmlands’ new Taranaki store.
Farmers have welcomed the Government’s move designed to limit farm to forestry conversions entering the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Biosecurity New Zealand has placed a second Otago farm on ‘a restricted place’ notice following the discovery of avian influenza in the region earlier this week.
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