Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
Feds meat and fibre chair believes the Meat Industry Excellence Group (MIE) has no power to instigate any change.
New Zealand farmers have the ability to reduce their energy use, but because it is not a priority for them they don’t do it.
After 15 days and six hours at sea, the MV Nada berthed in Manzanillo – located on the Pacific Ocean and one of the busiest ports in Mexico – in late June and 45,110 breeding ewes and 3224 cattle sourced from New Zealand were unloaded and quarantined on ‘quality’ Mexican pastures.
D-Day is looming for drought-hit sheep and beef farmers in North Canterbury.
It may not be a drought breaker, but home baked biscuits have strengthened the resolve of drought-stricken North Canterbury farmers.
The sheep industry is in rapid decline and can’t afford to make any more wrong decisions, says Silver Fern Farms shareholder Allan Richardson.
Hard work does pay off, says Matt Bell (28), who won the 27th Young Farmer of the Year contest.
A meat industry stalwart says the rejection of a joint marketing model between processors and farmers is a missed opportunity.
About 100 farmers in the Whanganui area are facing production losses this season of up to $100,000 as a result of the recent floods.
Concern is growing in political and economic circles that the low dairy prices could tip New Zealand into a recession.
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LIvestock firms PGG Wrightson, Elders New Zealand (Carrfields) and Rural Livestock are facing claims of price fixing by Commerce Commission.
Consolidating all the processors and the resultant gain of $10/lamb gain at the farmgate, as estimated by Meat Industry Excellence, is still not a “game changer” for sheep farmers, says Silver Fern Farms chief executive Dean Hamilton.
The Government has pledged to invest $7.3 million over five years in agricultural research partnership, Pastoral Genomics, says Steven Joyce.
Federated Farmers supports the unification of the fragmented apiculture industry, but says people with governance skills are needed to ensure the process is successful.
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