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Further $37.5m for Northland water storage

Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones.

The Government is investing a further $37.5 million into water security for Northland.

Hundreds now employed in COVID-19 conservation jobs

340 people are now employed working for nature as part of the Government’s COVID-19 recovery plan.

Fish & Game to get ‘organisational health check’

Fish & Game is responsible for managing most of New Zealand’s game bird hunting and freshwater fishing.

An independent review of Fish & Game will provide an “organisational health check”, according to the Government.

Joint venture takes over tannery

Two meat processors have joined forces to take over the tannery operations of Wallace Group.

Has the rain helped?

Recent rain goes nowhere near to breaking the drought, according to Matt Ward, Beef+Lamb NZ’s North Island manager.

In the past few weeks, rain has fallen in many parts of the country with grass starting to grow again.

Contractors back training initiatives

Southern-based rural contractors have lent machinery and support to three training initiatives aimed at attracting those who’ve lost jobs to work in the farming and contracting sector.

B+LNZ launches winter grazing campaign

Animal welfare is a central focus of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new winter grazing campaign.

Too hasty?

This old mutt mentioned a couple of issues back about the appointment of a new head of the M. bovis programme – former ex-fisheries manager Stuart Anderson.

Death knell?

This old mutt wonders why regenerative agriculture advocates seem to be good at promotion and hype, but not so good at providing good, scientific research to back their claims.

Cheeky!

Your old mate notes that the failing NZ Herald (owned by dying media company NZME) was quick to put the boot into various meat companies for claiming the wage subsidy in a recent article.