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OPINION: Imagine if the Hound had called the Minister of Finance the 'c-word' and accused her of "girl math".
NORTH CANTERBURY-BASED Patoa Farms Ltd has won the Lincoln University Foundation's South Island Farmer of the Year competition for 2014.
The Bay of Plenty kiwifruit company DMS is living up to its reputation as the 'G3 Champions' with changes to their coolstore facilities and packhouse operations.
IrrigationNZ chairperson Nicky Hyslop says Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty has overlooked the environmental benefits of the proposed Waimea Community Dam.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients and NIWA have joined forces to bring hi-resolution weather, climate and environmental forecasts to farmers.
A passenger arriving at Wellington airport has had to give up his lucky charms due to their potential biosecurity risk.
GETTING YOUNG people into agribusiness is critical for New Zealand’s future, says ANZ chief economist Cameron Bagrie.
TIME IS running out for a Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), says a New Zealand business leader.
LANDCORP AND Federated Farmers plan to talk in the next few weeks about issues including water allocation in the upper Waikato catchment.
FONTERRA HOPES to be collecting 30 billion litres of milk worldwide by 2025, says chief executive Theo Spierings.
A CHANCE to see at first-hand the employment opportunities in the primary sector proved a hit for some 40 secondary teachers from the greater Wellington and Horowhenua regions.
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Horowhenua artist Jill Brandon was among many local artists who recently exhibited their works in what could be termed an ‘agricultural space’.
THE AUSSIES blocked our apple exports for 90 years, but they were keen to get their hands on The Apple Pickers – at least a noteworthy 1940s painting by the famous New Zealand artist Rita Angus.
SOUTH CANTERBURY dairy farmer Leonie Guiney received a phone call last Monday afternoon confirming her election to Fonterra’s board.
NEW FACES leading the two main meat processing cooperatives will prove the acid test of what’s really prevented industry reform to date, says one of the departing chief executives.
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