Are they serious?
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Māori don't talk much about the good things they do and don’t talk themselves up enough, says the Minister of Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell.
NZ Binxi Foods, a subsidiary of China’s Heilongjiang Binxi Cattle Industry Co, has backed out of a $25.4 million takeover of Invercargill meat processor Blue Sky Meats.
The sheep milk industry has seen a breakthrough in getting semen from European milking sheep approved for entry to New Zealand.
With modern technology your farm’s customers are only a smartphone call away, Primary Industry Minister Nathan Guy says.
An OECD report missed a critical point in claiming NZ is reaching its environmental limits and criticising the government’s primary export targets.
Rabbit-plagued farmers are disappointed that bureaucracy has held up the anticipated release of a new strain of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (calicivirus).
New Zealand will have to be extremely active – even by its own standards – in trade policy, given the nature of the disruption caused by the new Trump administration.
National Lamb Day should be in spring and as high profile as the annual Bluff oyster launch, a Helensville field day heard.
Beware the the ‘bok choy effect’.
The recent upgrade of the Oceania Dairy Ltd (ODL) plant in South Canterbury has boosted suppliers’ confidence, says farmer Andrew McFarlane.
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Ireland's Origin Green initiative will be a focus of Richard and Dianne Kidd’s trip as national winners of the 2016 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
News of the plan to improve trade with China came just days after PM Bill English announced plans for a new and ambitious trade strategy called Trade Agenda 2030.
The recent short-lived ban on Brazilian beef by its major customers is unlikely to increase demand for New Zealand products.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to New Zealand sparked a flurry of activity last week.
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