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More meat plant closures for Silver Fern Farms?

Silver Fern Farms (SFF), New Zealand’s biggest meat processor, says it cannot rule out plant closures as it aims to bounce back from a huge financial loss last year.

‘Endless’ agri career opportunities

Jack Keeys and Alanah Vinson who helped get the careers programme off the ground.

Applause has replaced eye rolling as university students launch a scheme to show secondary schoolers the career opportunities in the primary industries.

Opportunities for NZ meat in South Korea

New Zealand's red meat sector can look ahead to increasing opportunity in the Korean market now that the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) has come into force.

Just what the doctor ordered

Fruitcraft chief executive Steve Potbury.

The whole apple industry is invited to launch a new apple variety tipped to have a big future.

‘Moment of truth’ looms

Rabobank Country Banking general manager Hayley Moynihan.

New Zealand agriculture faces a “moment of truth” in 2017, according to a report by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank.

Northland looks set for a ‘doozy’ of a drought

Northland knows about summer dry and even drought, but this one could be a “bit of a doozy”, says Gareth Baynham, an AgFirst Northland farm consultant.

The wet, the dry and the ugly

Hawkes Bay Fed Farmers chair Will Foley is setting up a drought committee.

A bizarre weather pattern is dividing the country right down the middle, with some areas facing serious drought and others swamped with too much rain.

Harvest goes up in smoke!

High summer in Canterbury is a busy time, with crops ripening for harvest.

Let’s copy Australia! — Beef + Lamb NZ

Beef + Lamb NZ’s chief executive Rod Slater is keen to see NZ’s National Lamb Day on February 15 get as big as the Australian equivalent, held annually on Australia Day.

Trade role boosted

Beef + Lamb NZ is planning to step up its lobbying of industry groups in the US, UK and EU in the light of Brexit and Donald Trump’s election as US president.