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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
A combination of factors have given wool cheques a lift and helped to balance sheep farmers' incomes, says Kaikoura wool producer and industry representative Derrick Millton.
Zespri's SunGold or G3, has been named as fruit and vegetable product of the year by Lebensmittel Praxis, one of Germany's most important grocery trade publications.
The Waikato River Authority is contributing $828,000 in its latest funding round towards the development and implementation of the Waikato-Waipa restoration strategy.
Agriculture is high on his agenda as new Trade Minister Todd McClay attends the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya.
Twenty-four new biosecurity detector dog teams graduated from their training last week — the biggest ever boost to MPI's sniffing force.
A report on the state of New Zealand soils has expressed great concern about the disproportionate amount of high-quality land being used for urban development.
If imported frozen berries caused the five recent cases of Hepatitis A, these must have been contaminated during handling, claims a scientific expert.
A farm manager has been awarded reparations of $50,000 after a 2012 quad bike crash at work.
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
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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.
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