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Food and environmental activists are on record as suggesting New Zealand should be ruminant-free to create a cleaner greener country.
The New Zealand meat industry is undergoing a long-term shift driven by high-level “mega” drivers, a new report says.
New Zealand faces mounting competition from emerging agricultural countries Mexico, Peru, Morocco and Thailand, says Young Horticulturist of the Year competition chair Elle Anderson.
A newly released study suggests major irrigation projects in Kaipara and the mid-north of Northland could create hundreds of jobs and boost the regional economy by tens of millions annually.
Farmers would respond to clear price and penalty signals on environmental issues such as cutting emissions, says Dr Tanira Kingi, a Scion research leader.
Farming leader Dr William Rolleston is calling farmers to take charge of the scientific narrative going into the election with the urban-rural divide “as big as it has ever been”.
If we don’t get Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) through, we will be seriously ‘squeezed’ in the Japanese market, says trade expert Stephen Jacobi.
The increase in the average yield per hectare for Green was a key factor in “remarkable” volume growth in the 2016-17 season, says Zespri chief executive Lain Jager.
The North Otago Irrigation Company (NOIC) expects its $53 million stage two expansion to be fully operational by the end of September, following a year’s delay caused by construction problems.
Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have been seen to survive for at least three years stored in dry conditions in a recent AgResearch study.
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Mid-Canterbury enjoys a direct relationship between water use and employment, says Federated Farmers.
The farming sector has its head in the sand if it doesn’t realise water is a huge issue waiting to be tackled, says Labour’s primary industries spokesperson Damien O’Connor.
The $5.6 billion horticulture industry is a big contributor to New Zealand’s economic wellbeing.
Federated Farmers says its ‘Farmers’ Manifesto’ challenges political parties in the upcoming general election to take a “sensible, practical and affordable” approach to tackling issues of high importance to its members.
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