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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
Horticulture could be the star performer in the primary sector this year. Horticulture NZ outgoing chief executive Peter Silcock says horticulture is in a very strong position.
The New Zealand shearing team is about to start a five-week UK tour which includes a surprise return from a brief retirement by Te Kuiti legend David Fagan.
A recovery in global dairy prices is on the horizon but farmers may not benefit until next season, says Rabobank.
The environment is a big area where sheep and beef farmers need a lot more support, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.
Meat Industry Association chairman Bill Falconer expects more discussions with Beef + Lamb NZ about promotion further down the track.
New Image's partner goat farm Oete Farms at Patumahoe will be the biggest in New Zealand when it grows from 2400 to 3000 goats next season, says Auckland-based New Image Group Ltd general manager Guy Wills.
The Beef + Lamb NZ board will need to rethink its whole strategy as an organisation after the processing companies rejected a proposal for joint in-market promotion, says BLNZ chairman James Parsons.
LINCOLN University Vice-Chancellor Dr Andrew West has resigned.
John and Catherine Ford from Rotorua are the Ballance Farm Environment Award winners for 2015, the first time a North Island farming business has won this award.
The 2015 Bay of Plenty Young Fruit Grower of the Year has gone to 26-year-old Craig Ward from Apata.
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The apiculture industry has voted by a substantial majority to proceed with unification and their associations at the New Zealand Apiculture Conference.
A sheep & beef farmer has been formally warned for breaching the Resource Management Act by exceeding a nitrogen discharge cap over a two-year period.
Precision fixed wing aerial fertiliser application on hill country is now a reality, says nutrient cooperative Ballance Agri-Nutrients.
A talk at the NZVA Dairying for the Future Conference in Queenstown on Friday presented findings on last winter’s swede related deaths.
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