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.

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.

News noted last year that the price of the Land Rover Discovery 6 was right up there, perhaps too high to get the vehicle out onto farms. 

The last two years have seen record vehicle sales in New Zealand, with prospective purchasers spending many hours picking the right vehicle, right model, right colour and chewing over the price.

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