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Fresh, healthy and growing

Producer Marketing Association chief executive Darren Keating.

New Zealand’s fresh product industry and supply chain is valued at $14.7 billion, making it the eleventh-largest industry in NZ, says a new report by the industry.

Westland bonuses defended

Toni Brendish is reportedly due for $680,000.

Westland Milk Products’ board chair, Pete Morrison has defended bonus payments to chief executive Toni Brendish and other top executives, criticised as having conflicts of interest.

Award-winning farmers profit from looking after the environment

Damian and Jane Roper were recently awarded the Fonterra Responsible Dairy Award and picked up the John Wilson Memorial Trophy.

A Taranaki family have proved that profitable dairying and paying special attention to the environment aren’t incompatible.

Electric UTV for the environmental farmer

While electric and hybrid vehicles gain traction on our roads, the concept is largely missing from the rural and off-road markets. But Hisun Motors New Zealand is ‘dipping its toes’.

Bigger than Texas

The big mixer wagons seen in New Zealand have a long way to go in size to rival the behemoths used in North America.

Colorado concept huge at Fieldays and beyond

With saloon cars fading on buyers’ radar, Holden is confirming its focus on the ute and SUV market.

Hort NZ an example for Australia

Horticulture NZ received high praise at an Australian horticultural conference last week.

Limbo causes drop in confidence

An air of uncertainty hangs over the whole agri sector, says the ANZ’s managing director of commercial and agri, Mark Hiddleston.

$8 lamb on the cards

Sheep farmers are in for another year of solid returns, says ASB’s senior rural economist Nathan Penny.

Government-owned farmer Landcorp (now called Pāmu) is claiming commercial sensitivity as the reason for refusing to reveal the cost of funding a publicity campaign about its operations on the website newsroom.co.nz.