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OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
Dairy Woman of the Year 2015 Katie Milne hopes to use her new profile for the wider good of New Zealand farming.
Retired kiwifruit growers with ‘dry’ shares in Zespri will have seven years to sell these under new proposals in the Kiwifruit Industry Strategy Project.
Fallout from the 2013 false botulism scare and poor yoghurt sales continue to haunt Fonterra’s Australian business.
Two finalists in this year’s Ahuwhenua Trophy competition for the top Maori sheep and beef farm, Mangaroa and Maranga, are in typical East Coast hill country.
It's almost 40 years since the longsuffering, ever capable Edna, with her spotted dress and rather dour husband, first appeared in cartoons to give a lighted-hearted look at New Zealand country life.
A little over a year since its implementation, the Harvested Wood Material levy, better known as the 'forestry levy', is "going really well," says the outgoing president of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association.
Federated Farmers Dairy president Andrew Hoggard is urging farmers to maintain a frugal mindset in the face of disappointing half-year results by processors.
There is a dispute between the Alliance Group and MIE about possible industry rationalisation and numbers used to make recommendations.
The battle for organic milk is heating up with a new farmer co-op launching in Taupo later this month.
The Meat Industry Excellence group (MIE) says historic cultural antagonism between the two cooperatives is one of the main reasons the meat industry is going down the gurgler.
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Zespri forecasts a record season for Gold kiwifruit even though the new replacement Gold3 orchards are not yet in full production.
A war of words has broken out between the Meat Industry Excellence group (MIE) and Alliance Group over the former’s consultation with the meat co-op during its work on proposals for meat industry reform.
A full makeover of Fonterra’s RD1 retail stores is on hold until the co-op’s finances improve.
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