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The Rural Support Trust will be gearing up as the Mycoplasma bovis eradication plan moves into action, says Neil Bateup, chairman of the Rural Support Trust national council.
Opinion is divided on the Mycoplasma bovis decision in favour of phased eradication.
New Zealand is keeping pressure on the EU as formal talks to set an agenda for negotiating a free trade agreement are a few weeks away.
More farmers are feeling under financial pressure, and satisfaction with their banks has slipped, the May 2018 Federated Farmers’ Banking Survey shows.
One person describes eradicating Mycoplasma bovis as like “trying to build an aeroplane while it is still flying” and there is some truth in that.
State-owned AgResearch says it is working on developing new methods to detect diseases like Mycoplasma bovis hidden at very low levels in livestock.
Auckland-based marketing manager Bernadine Guilleux has joined the Horticulture New Zealand board.
The first student to have won a NZ Agricultural Fieldays Sir Don Llewellyn Scholarship is now working in the flourishing sheep milk industry, one he says is growing fast into a viable new industry for NZ.
Federated Farmers has appointed Terry Copeland as its new chief executive.
Rotorua-based Onuku Māori Lands Trust scooped the 2018 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award for dairy.
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Climate Change Minister James Shaw has released the Climate Change Adaptation Technical Working Group’s (CCATWG) recommendations.
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is disappointed by yet another increase in airfares for the regions.
Kiwifruit exporter Zespri says it has delivered an increase in value to growers, despite sales dropping 11%.
A charity boxing event in Cambridge has raised $10,000 for Land Search and Rescue New Zealand (LandSAR).
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