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By 2026 New Zealand livestock will be TB free and by 2046 the disease should be gone for good, if a new plan under consultation comes to fruition. And it’s actually going to cost less in TB targeted levies and rates.
Forty years ago Greg Carr was a farmer battling tough rural times; to survive he diversified and started a contracting business.
The first-ever warning to a sheep and beef farmer on exceeding nitrogen caps shows that Overseer is a “blunt instrument”, says Rick Powdrell, Federated Farmers meat and fibre chair.
Holding on to stock longer after a drought in the hope they would reach higher weights contributed to a Taupo farmer becoming the first sheep and beef farmer warned by the Waikato Regional Council for breaching nitrogen caps.
Retiring Radio New Zealand rural broadcaster Kevin Ikin was honoured at the Feds conference.
Feds' dairy chair says farmers must be on the lookout for upcoming issues.
Feds president William Rolleston has called for the NZ government to stand strong in the TPP negotiations.
Feds meat and fibre chair believes the Meat Industry Excellence Group (MIE) has no power to instigate any change.
New Zealand farmers have the ability to reduce their energy use, but because it is not a priority for them they don’t do it.
After 15 days and six hours at sea, the MV Nada berthed in Manzanillo – located on the Pacific Ocean and one of the busiest ports in Mexico – in late June and 45,110 breeding ewes and 3224 cattle sourced from New Zealand were unloaded and quarantined on ‘quality’ Mexican pastures.
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D-Day is looming for drought-hit sheep and beef farmers in North Canterbury.
It may not be a drought breaker, but home baked biscuits have strengthened the resolve of drought-stricken North Canterbury farmers.
The sheep industry is in rapid decline and can’t afford to make any more wrong decisions, says Silver Fern Farms shareholder Allan Richardson.
Hard work does pay off, says Matt Bell (28), who won the 27th Young Farmer of the Year contest.
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