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Beef and lamb exports paint two different pictures, according to the ASB’s Farmshed Economics report for August.
The downturn in the dairy industry is likely to bring positive changes in the way farms are managed, says ANZ’s managing director for commercial and agri, Graham Turley.
El Nino seems to be setting farmers up for a cold spring, according to MetService.
Alan Beck a pilot and chairman of the NZ Agricultural Aviation Association, says it’s now socially unacceptable for farmers not to remove electric fence or television wires strung across gullies.
Fertiliser application is slightly ahead of last season says a Taranaki helicopter company chief.
Wool growers must get contamination and particularly thistles out of their wool because it’s jeopardising the industry.
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.
Health and safety and the environment will play a bigger part in Beef + Lamb NZ’s proposed mandate, according to chairman James Parsons.
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.
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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.
Landcorp's profit has taken a massive hit in the past year mainly because of the downturn in the dairy industry.
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.
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.
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