Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Lincoln University student, Sarah Lockhart, is this year’s recipient of the Ravensdown Hugh Williams Scholarship.
Auckland animal health company Argenta started a decade ago as a two-man operation with annual revenue of $12,000; now that’s grown to $100 million.
Three months on from the huge November 2016 earthquake the badly damaged land on one farm near Waiau is still settling and moving – but the house isn’t.
MPI is running a special public information campaign to alert people, especially around ports, to watch for the brown marmorated stink bug.
The South Island Agricultural Field Days (SIAFD) are expected to attract over 600 exhibitors.
There have been negativities around farmers saying the sheep sector is declining.
Silver Fern Farms’ Pareora plant just south of Timaru can now offer its staff full-time work for 52 weeks, rather than the seasonal work of the past.
This week marks a milestone with the kiwifruit industry coming together to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Zespri brand.
The pendulum may be swinging too far on regulation, so stifling innovation, Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parson suggests.
Horticulture NZ was reluctantly preparing for an injunction on the Waikato Healthy Rivers Plan Change submissions last week, after attempts to reach agreement with the council failed.
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Farmers are doing their bit to help the Government get 90% of lakes and rivers swimmable by 2040.
Chinese regulators are cracking down on infant formula brands, saying too many brands are confusing consumers.
Locking ourselves out of the world by being GE-free is “just dumb”, Potatoes New Zealand chief executive Chris Claridge says.
Speculation about the state of Federated Farmers’ financial position has some sources claiming it is facing a deficit of up to $700,000 this year.
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