Arable advocacy?
OPINION: Spare a thought for the arable farmer, squeezed on one side by soft global prices and on the other…
Hadstock is a family business, the farm having been in the Chamberlain family since 1878.
The prospect of raising production and profits spurred James and Kate McKay, farming at Alfredton, Southern Hawkes Bay, to get involved in the Red Meat Profit Partnership (RMPP).
Canterbury's water quality looks set to continue dominating the Canterbury Regional Council’s deliberations.
Helen Slattery is the rural contracting sector's first woman to gain a national certificate in infrastructure works supervision Level 5.
Horticulture NZ has assisted Pukekohe vegetable growers to get funding for riparian plantings along the waterways that feed into the Waikato River.
The environmental benefits of Canterbury’s Central Plains Water irrigation scheme are already evident as the scheme progresses into stage two, says chief executive Derek Crombie.
Organiser of the rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong say it has exceeded expectations in its first year, supporting on average 1000 people each week to live and farm well.
Silver Fern Farms is consulting with staff at its North Island Wairoa mutton processing plant and its South Island Mossburn venison plant on options for closing the two small sites.
More entrepreneurial spirit is needed in the New Zealand agri-food sector, says meat industry pioneer Sir Graeme Harrison.
Irish sheep and beef farmers are blaming Britain’s planned exit from the European Union (Brexit) for lower-than-normal prices for their stock.
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Hope for better lamb prices this season appear to be evaporating quicker than a summer shower.
Wools of New Zealand (WNZ) has posted its first after-tax profit of $1.48 million for the year ending June 2016, but former chief executive Ross Townshend is keeping up the pressure.
North Otago farmer and candidate for the Farmlands board Chris Dennison says the time is over for excuses about the rural co-op’s poor performances.
Six businesses are competing in three categories this year at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards (ERWA).
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