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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…
FARMERS COULD extract 20% more value from their fertiliser spend by using their fertiliser contractors' TracMap TracLink system more effectively, says the company's managing director Colin Brown.
RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand is questioning the high cost of machinery and parts that contractors and farmers are currently paying.
OVER 43% of sheep farmers have already voted in the Wool Levy Referendum, which is higher than the total voter return in the 2009 referendum, which was 39%.
By Rick Powdrell is Federated Farmers Meat & Fibre chairperson
ELEVEN POST-HARVEST operators including one representing five companies have written an open letter to the Prime Minister opposing the $885 million 'The Kiwifruit Claim' class action.
VOTING FOR the Wool Levy Referendum closes this Friday, October 10.
BEEF + LAMB New Zealand (B+LNZ) Genetics is hosting its first sheep breeders' forum in Dunedin next week.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy says he is thrilled with his re-appointment and the huge opportunities in his portfolios over the next three years.
NATHAN GUY has retained the Primary Industries portfolio in Prime Minister John Key's Cabinet reshuffle for the National Government's third term.
THE TRANS Pacific Partnership will be a hot topic when the members of the Five Nations Beef Alliance get together in Texas this week.
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YOUNG FARMERS around the country are dusting off their red bands and sharpening their toolkits as the 2015 season of the ANZ Young Farmer Contest begins with District Finals this weekend.
THE EAST of the North Island could be warmer than usual through October–December and the southwest and east of the South Island may be cooler, says NIWA.
NZ KIWIFRUIT Growers Inc fears The Kiwifruit Claim could be damaging to the industry's relationship with government.
ZESPRI SAYS it does not support or agree with the approach taken by the group behind 'The Kiwifruit Claim'.
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