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A prick of a problem?

Wool growers must get contamination and particularly thistles out of their wool because it’s jeopardising the industry.

New man at helm of wool company

CP Wool is enjoying strong growth, with an increase in market share, says its new chairman, South Otago farmer Howie Gardner.

Labour leader Andrew Little says the Government should have sorted out the problems in the new Health and Safety bill during the select committee process and not dropped the changes on Parliament as it did.

Beef + Lamb to beef up H&S efforts

Health and safety and the environment will play a bigger part in Beef + Lamb NZ’s proposed mandate, according to chairman James Parsons.

Worms – not farmers – off the hook

The minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Michael Woodhouse, says he’s concerned about the ridicule dogging the passage of the Health and Safety Reform Bill.

The value add move

Lancorp chief Steven Carden says NZ has a limited capacity to just keep producing more product; only added value will increase the revenue from primary exports.

Dairy knocks Landcorp’s profit

Landcorp chief executive Steven Carden with a slipper manufactured by the Danish footware company Glerups made from wool from the SOE’s farms.

Landcorp's profit has taken a massive hit in the past year mainly because of the downturn in the dairy industry.

Fonterra to reduce auction volumes

Fonterra is being “commercially rational” by reducing the volumes sold on the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction, says Fonterra managing director global ingredients, Kelvin Wickham.

Good result in Mongol Derby

From left: Maxim van Lierde Taranaki, Michele Tanaka USA, and Ben Wilks Katikati.

Ben Wilks from Katikati, whose story appeared in Rural News in April, finished a creditable third-equal at his first attempt riding in the Mongol Derby endurance race.