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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.
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.
Who would work for three months without pay? And who would keep getting up at 5am every day to milk cows despite knowing there will be no milk cheque arriving this month?
Wools of New Zealand (WNZ) is using world-leading traceability technology from Oritain, Dunedin, to strengthen the credibility and integrity of its products and combat unethical behaviour.
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Beef and lamb exports paint two different pictures, according to the ASB’s Farmshed Economics report for August.
The downturn in the dairy industry is likely to bring positive changes in the way farms are managed, says ANZ’s managing director for commercial and agri, Graham Turley.
El Nino seems to be setting farmers up for a cold spring, according to MetService.
Alan Beck a pilot and chairman of the NZ Agricultural Aviation Association, says it’s now socially unacceptable for farmers not to remove electric fence or television wires strung across gullies.
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