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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
The EU has done a lot of pre-planning for the start of FTA negotiations, says the EU ambassador to NZ.
Britain's top diplomat in New Zealand strongly supports an NZ/EU free trade agreement.
Farmers will not get stock moved if trucking companies do not get better freight rates, according to the Road Transport Forum (RTF).
Alliance Group should be “named and shamed” for its deliberately long delays in paying money due to truckers, says Road Transport Forum chief executive Ken Shirley.
Concerns about Mycoplasma bovis don’t appear to have hit farmers’ enthusiasm for Fieldays.
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones enjoyed a friendly chat with the Irish Ambassador Breandan O Caollai at Fieldays, the pair renewing their friendship made at this year’s Waitangi Day.
Fonterra farmers have reminded the outspoken Regional Development Minister Shane Jones that the co-op is not a state-owned enterprise.
Farmers will likely pay a special levy for the M. bovis response, but separately from the increased levy now being proposed by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (BLNZ).
Lincoln University agri-food marketing expert Dr Nic Lees says NZ needs to make more of being second when it comes to international food ratings.
In the past 49 years, the National Fieldays in Mystery Creek has welcomed over 4.3 million people.
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A team of Cambridge-based St Paul’s Collegiate School Agribusiness students in were named young inventors of the year at Fieldays.
Farming leader Mike Petersen is the new Ravensdown Agricultural Communicator of the Year
Minister for Rural Communities Damien O’Connor says the Government rule-makers will ensure rural communities are at the heart of their decisions.
The Government is in line with primary sector industry leaders when it comes to biosecurity, says the Minister for Agriculture and Biosecurity Damien O’Connor.
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