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Could robots soon replace humans in picking fruit?
Robotics has moved out of the talking stage and into the early doing stages, says the chief executive of Plant and Food Research, David Hughes.
New technologies on the horizon were the focus of the recent Horticulture Conference 2019, says HortNZ chief executive Mike Chapman.
The Government is paying another $4.7 million to keep the Telford farm campus going for another two years.
MPI’s director-general, Ray Smith, wants his staff to engage more with the rural sector.
Differences are publicly emerging between farmer leaders and DairyNZ over support for the Government’s policies on sustainability.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is setting up a ‘taskforce’ on the animal welfare issues of winter grazing.
Meat eaters shouldn’t relinquish all advocacies on animal welfare to lobby groups, says Freedom Farms general manager Hilary Pearson.
New National agriculture spokesman Todd Muller says he will spend time listening to the views of the primary industries.
Farmers are urging banks to take a long term view of their businesses, now under growing pressure to improve their balance sheets.
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Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is establishing a taskforce to respond to the animal welfare issues associated with the practice of winter grazing.
DairyNZ says its CalvingSmart workshops attracted 1500 farmers NZ-wide, many with all their staff, over the past two months.
High performing suppliers to Synlait, Canterbury, were honoured at an awards ceremony at the annual supplier conference in Christchurch in July.
New Zealand’s largest manufacturing sector is seeking assurances from the Government that employers will still deliver on-the-job training as part of vocational education reforms.
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