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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.
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.
This old mate notes that stock exchange owner NZX is exiting its much-hyped and clearly unsuccessful involvement in agri-publishing faster than its shiny-shoe owners flick a bad share punt.
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Your old mate notes that former Finance Minister and creator of the infamous ‘mother of all budgets’, Ruth Richardson, though she has been out of the politics for a while seems to have lost none of her bite.
British singer Morrissey has taken aim at Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, in a strongly worded letter calling for an end to live animal exports.
The Government expects to announce a support package for farmers affected by the earthquake with the “next few days”, says the Minister for Primary Industries, Nathan Guy.
A husband-and-wife “super team” has secured the title of the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year at the 2016 finals held tonight (Wednesday 16 November).
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