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OPINION: Your old mate reckons townie Brooke van Velden, the Minister of Workplace (or is it Woke Place) Relations is…
The Hound reckons the old adage ‘would you buy a used car off this man?’ should be applied when dealing with spin doctors and the companies they are promoting.
It's a fallacy that the farming community need not worry about health and safety because of changes to the Health and Safety Reform Bill.
The rural sector will need a major financial re-set as a result of the current low dairy prices, says the director of business, innovation and strategy at Massey University, Professor Hamish Gow.
The New Zealand horticulture Industry has created an integrated, robust and thriving foundation from which it is ready to “explode into future success”, says Waikato University student Jack Keeys.
Kiwifruit marketer Zespri is again looking for graduates to join the business, following the launch of its graduate scheme last year.
Sponsoring students to attend the national conference is one way Horticulture NZ has set out to engage the next generation.
Drought on the US West Coast is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing 30% more workers and cropland out of production than in 2014, according to the latest drought impact report by the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.
US beef and pork producers are bemoaning their lack of access to the huge Chinese market.
THE 100 extra people to be trained to help farming families get support to deal with stress-related issues will mainly work through the Rural Support Trusts.
New Zealand has some of the most innovative approaches to agribusiness in the world, but it has a ‘’glaring gap’’ in innovation in governance, says the Institute of Directors.
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Zespri is forecasting its revenue from fruit and service payments will be up $155.8 million on last year.
Zespri is doing more business with Japan this season than ever before, says Dave Courtney, general manager, grower and external relations.
New Zealand and South Korean scientists say they will soon be able to identify the compounds that give deer antler velvet its immunity-boosting properties.
New Zealand's second largest dairy company is reporting increased activity from the market following the August 19 GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction.
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