A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
Law changes requiring the end of battery and colony cages will cost as much as $1 million for a smaller farmer and up to $60m for larger companies, says the NZ Poultry Industry Association.
Despite strong anti-irrigation rhetoric from certain parts of the new coalition Government, it appears Crown funding of new irrigation schemes is not entirely off the agenda.
Livestock Improvement Corporation shareholders have voted to simplify the co-op’s share structure.
LIC chairman Murray King has defended the $20 million bill for its transformation process.
A result on LIC’s share simplification vote will be known by 2pm today.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) National President, Fiona Gower and National Chair Penny Mudford OMNZ have arrived in New York to attend the United Nations’ 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62).
The wider New Zealand horticulture export sector sees substantial opportunity following the signing of an agreement on the Comprehensive Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) trade deal in Chile.
The woman leading the success of Central Districts Field Days is undoubtedly Cheryl Riddell.
Central Districts Field Days is in celebration mode this year and for good reason. It has reached a special milestone – 25 years young.
Do good things happen in threes? Sometimes: 1958 was a year of three notable events.
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A low-cost device designed to detect when cows are ovulating and ready to be inseminated has earned two Kiwi entrepreneurs a place among the finalists in the 2018 New Zealander of the Year awards.
New Zealand is internationally recognised for its well-founded and stringent animal welfare regulations. Yet, as reporter Peter Burke notes, cases of mistreatment of animals keep coming before the courts.
The steps that lead to good business are the same as those that lead to good health and safety practices, says Al McCone, sector leader for agriculture at WorkSafe New Zealand.
Kiwifruit growers Mark and Catriona White and their Coastal Kiwis orchard have won the Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
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