Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Much is at stake in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting getting underway in Nairobi.
'New Uses for Wool' will be the focus of a seven-year wool research consortium
Infant formula and nutritionals will dominate Canterbury milk processor Synlait's sales over the next seven months.
Technology transfer, an industry census and promotion of careers in forestry are all planned in 2016 by the Forest Growers Levy Trust.
The best way to understand an international market is to be in it, says Agmardt chairman Barry Brook.
Carrfields have added three new key senior management positions to work with managing director, Craig Carr, to drive the growing agri-based business in 2016.
Lincoln University is copping criticism for the way it is allocating beds to would-be new students for 2016.
White the lamb crop is the lowest since 1953, sheep farmers have become much more productive, says Beef + Lamb NZ chief economist Andrew Burtt.
Grossly irresponsible – that's how Mike Petersen describes the animal rights group SAFE's placement of an anti-NZ dairying advertisement in a UK newspaper.
A group of red meat farmers seeking industry reforms have not given up hope despite bleeding support.
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The Agri-Women's Development Trust business programme for sheep and beef farming women has been confirmed for 2016 with funding from the Red Meat Profit Partnership.
There is relief in the deer sector as the investigation into the accidental killing of takahe on Motutapu Island has been completed.
Tony O'Boyle, a Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer, has been elected to the Silver Fern Farms' Board of Directors.
Plant & Food Research is asking growers and beekeepers to share their current practices and their thoughts on future pollination requirements.
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