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New independent research about farmers’ and growers’ media habits reveals the rural market is unique.
Only about 20% of stock in the whole meat industry is actually being supplied to processors on contract, says Dr Nic Lees, senior lecturer agribusiness management at Lincoln University.
The Herlihy family’s 24-hour charity Shearathon, raising money for mental health and suicide prevention in the shearing industry, could become an annual fixture following the success of the recent North Canterbury event.
The sheep and beef sector may be closer to carbon neutral status than it realises, says James Parsons in his final speech as chairman of Beef + Lamb NZ.
Farmers widely support the decision to cull 22 more herds infected with Mycoplasma bovis.
‘It was the only way forward,’ says the Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, on the decision to slaughter more than 22,000 cows with M. bovis.
Outgoing Fonterra chief executive Theo Spierings has hinted his next job may not be high profile.
Meat processor Silver Fern Farms Cooperative has reported a net profit after tax of $7.8 million for 15 months ending December 31, 2017.
MPI's prediction that 2018 would be a great year for primary industry exports has proven correct.
The supply and demand of global dairy products is well balanced, claims Fonterra.
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A new Hyundai Santé Fe has been donated to the Waikato Rural Support Trust by Greenlea Premier Meats Ltd.
The opportunity for high-quality wool carpets in the world beyond New Zealand and Australia is massive, says Cavalier Corporation chief executive Paul Alston.
Fonterra's lack of majority control over troubled Chinese company Beingmate is hindering efforts to turn it around.
Ag Minister Damien O’Connor says while, on paper, the NAIT system is very good, he blames the present low level of farmer compliance on the previous government which he says ignored warnings about this issue.
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