Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Federated Farmers congratulates outgoing Prime Minister John Key after eight years leading the country, and looks forward to working with Bill English in the top job.
Beef + Lamb NZ is seeking nominations for two farmer director positions and a role on the organisation’s independent board remuneration committee.
Farmers involved in the recent Federated Farmers-led case study to test the on-farm implications of Healthy Rivers Wai Ora have urged Waikato landowners to get on board with the proposed plan change process.
Police have responded to a reported plane crash near Wairoa in the Gisborne area.
A Federated Farmers survey shows the rural sector is plagued by thieves, rustlers and poachers but not enough farmers are reporting their losses.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has welcomed the New Zealand Horticulture Export Authority Amendment Bill passing its third reading in Parliament on Tuesday.
The new Rural Woman NZ (RWNZ) national president is Fiona Gower from Port Waikato.
Swedish manufacturer ALO, famous for its Quicke and Trima brands, is credited with building the first detachable loader in the late 1950s.
With NIWA signalling warm, wet conditions across the North Island over December, farmers are being encouraged to take preventive measures against facial eczema (FE).
New Zealand beef genetics research is about to get a shot in the arm thanks to a landmark trans-Tasman collaboration.
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Mackenzie Country high country farmer Andrew Hurst has not stood still since he took over the lease of two adjoining farms four years ago.
With consumer preferences changing, farmers are faced with a choice between intensive farming with all the technologies.
The benefits of pastoral goats are largely ignored in New Zealand, but these animals could be, for some hill country farmers, as important for their survival as fertiliser and fencing.
The Zespri Board last night approved plans for a new office building on its current site in Mount Maunganui.
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