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Plans are underway for a standalone bachelor of horticultural science degree course at Massey University.
Affected growers claim that the release of 20,000 apple and 400 stonefruit plants from containment vindicates the position they have taken since the start of the issue.
With Pāmu (formerly Landcorp) now having branded products in the market it is very important from a providence perspective to be able trace everything back onto farm.
Farmers selling cattle have a duty to disclose if the animals have been under Mycoplasma bovis testing, says Dairy Holdings chief executive Colin Glass.
Six inspirational young people from around New Zealand have been named as the Silver Fern Farms Plate to Pasture Youth Scholarships recipients for 2018.
A seminar in Hamilton later this month hopes to rebuild and strengthen the New Zealand cattle industry in the wake of Mycoplasma Bovis (M. bovis).
Grass grub and porina are causing $2.3 billion of damage to New Zealand pastures annually, according to an AgResearch study.
Alliance Group has warned that its annual result, due to be reported in November, will show a drop in profit.
Merino wool is “very much the talk of the town at the moment,” says PGG Wrightson South Island sales manager Dave Burridge.
A proposed irrigation scheme in South Canterbury has been dumped after losing Government and farmer support.
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Fonterra chairman John Monaghan says farmers are backing a performance review of all co-op investments.
Waikato milk processor Tatua has topped the 2017-18 milk payout stakes.
Despite the unknowns of Brexit and the US-China trade war, New Zealand’s sheep and beef farmers are pretty bullish about the future.
Regulations to strengthen the animal welfare system come into effect from today.
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