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Support to improve environment

The Government’s announcement of $44 million to support freshwater improvement projects is welcomed by Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ).

Show me the numbers

Graphic on consumptive water; Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers wants Labour to tell farmers “what numbers you have in mind."

New animal welfare regulations set higher standards

Vets have welcomed the new animal welfare regulations – including pain relief for debudding cattle.

Pain relief for disbudding cattle will be mandatory under new animal welfare regulations.

Best in show is pro fitter’s aim

Luke Gilbert clips the topknot of a 10-month old heifer on the family stud, Glenalla, near Winchmore in Mid-Canterbury.

“Have clippers, will travel” could be the motto of Mid-Canterbury’s Luke Gilbert.

Irrigators will pass "water tax" to consumers

Irrigation New Zealand chief executive Andrew Curtis says Labour's “water tax” would affect every New Zealander.

HortNZ says "let’s not do this"

Reacting to Labour statement on freshwater, and in the absence of any detailed policy to go with that, Horticulture New Zealand says "let’s not do this".

Farmers worried by Labour’s water announcement

New Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says her party will slap a royalty on water usage if elected next month.

4,500 years of crop protection

Like all agricultural innovations, crop protection products have evolved tremendously since their inception.

Farmers welcome partnership approach on freshwater

Federated Farmers’ water spokesperson Chris Allen.

A partnership approach to dealing with river and lake water quality offers the best prospect of making sustained progress on problems often decades in the making, says the Feds.

Horticulture welcomes water funding

Horticulture New Zealand chief executive Mike Chapman.

Government funding for a nationwide project to better protect waterways, by measuring and managing nitrogen on cropping farms, has been welcomed by Horticulture New Zealand.