Double standards
OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
By the end of this month, New Zealand farmers and growers will have recycled one million kg of plastic containers through the Agrecovery Rural Recycling programme.
A Ministry of Primary Industries operation in Auckland has led to the prosecution of several meats sellers after raw meat samples were found to contain non-compliant substances.
Entries are now open for the New Zealand Food Awards, providing food, and beverage producers with the opportunity to highlight their products and businesses.
New research into sustainable pest management controls might soon offer avocado growers an effective non-chemical control against leafrollers.
Healthy soils are the foundation of global food production and ought to become a key agenda item in public policy, says the FAO.
Douglas McGregor is the seventh grand finalist to be named in the 2015 ANZ Young Farmer Contest.
Silver Fern Farms isn’t responding to analysis which suggests its sheepmeat processing costs are the highest by some distance and that it is “one of the laggards” in beef too.
Beef + Lamb NZ and WorkSafe NZ are at odds over some aspects of quad safety.
Milk payout will improve next season, but cashflow will remain tight on farms, say market analysts.
America's love affair with hamburgers has resulted in a bumper year for New Zealand beef farmers, says Beef + Lamb NZ (BLNZ).
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To heed the lessons of the Northland by-election the Government needs to stay connected with New Zealand’s rural and remote communities, says Environment Minister Nick Smith.
Worksafe NZ's prosecution of Work and Income New Zealand over last year’s Ashburton shootings holds worrying implications for New Zealand farmers, says the Federated Farmers board member responsible for health and safety, Katie Milne.
Horticulture NZ’s chief executive Peter Silcock is shifting out of the primary sector after 30 years.
Farmers are among the fastest business people seeing the advantages of UAV technology, says Warren Eade of GeoSystems NZ. (UAV stands for unmanned aerial vehicle, or ‘drone’).
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