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Civil Defence Emergency Management will be working to get people out to rural properties in the coming week to check on their welfare and needs.
Prime Minister John Key has announced the launch of negotiations to upgrade the New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
Farmers need to have a robust facial eczema (FE) prevention plan in place, says animal health company Agritrade.
The Opuha Dam irrigation project is bringing $126 million annually into the South Canterbury region, says local farmer Nicky Hyslop.
The recent New Zealand Grassland Association “packed” its annual conference with papers promising productivity gains and environmental solutions for pastoral farmers, the organisers say.
New Zealand's regulations on genetically modified agriculture are “not fit for purpose,” says South Canterbury farmer and national president of Federated Farmers, William Rolleston.
The Fresh Carriers Hayward Medal judging panel is once again asking the kiwifruit industry to nominate their finest leaders for the prestigious 2017 award.
A support package for the primary sector around the upper South Island has been announced today by Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.
Horticulture and viticulture are, together, New Zealand’s fourth-largest export industry.
Zespri and T&G Global are delivering another donation of nine tonnes of Zespri Green Kiwifruit to Fijians affected by Cyclone Winston this week and next week.
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Despite the terrible weather, and thanks to marquees still available from the recent Canterbury A&P Show, the Synlait Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day was held yesterday (Thursday, November 17) at ASB Agricultural Park.
A disease which is devastating trees in the Western United States and Europe is a major threat to New Zealand plantations and ornamental trees, should it ever arrive here.
Interactions between agriculture and the environment have rarely been so much in the face of the public, and finding a path for the future is proving challenging.
Routine flights for aerial monitoring of farm dairy effluent discharge consents will not be carried out by Environment Southland during 2016/17.
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