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Commercial beekeepers have voted not to support the introduction of a honey levy.
A Gore farm machinery company’s shoddy repairs to a tractor have landed it with a fine of $239,063 and reparations of $103,459 awarded to an injured farm worker.
Farmers must accept individual responsibility for the industry’s poor health and safety record, says an industry health and safety leader.
It is not always the fastest-growing or biggest returns which influence decisions on investment in various sectors, says MyFarm head of research Con Williams.
The EU’s proposed restrictions on the use of geographical names in products could have implications for NZ exports to other regions – including China, a trade expert says.
More fruit flies have been found in Auckland.
A wet spring across the country and a delayed recovery were largely the reason for a softer half-year result for PGG Wrightson (PGW).
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan is optimistic that a quality free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and NZ can be negotiated before the end of 2019.
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, says he hopes Brexit will end up as an emergency landing rather than a straight-out crash.
A new review is calling for “urgent acceleration” in developing greenhouse gas mitigations for use in the primary sector.
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Government-owned farmer Landcorp spent almost $14,000 just on consultants in preparing its controversial submission to the Tax Working Group.
Zespri says it is disappointed at the “inaccurate” claims being made by the anonymous Concerned Growers Collective.
An anonymous group called Concerned Growers Collective is opposing two Zespri resolutions now before growers which the group claims would cause “irreparable damage” to the industry.
Landcorp is paying members of its contentious environmental reference group (ERG) $1500 a day each – far more than other government body payments.
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