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Starting with pony clubs when he was just eight years old and a lifelong association with horses will culminate in 24-year-old Ben Wilks starting in the Mongol Derby in early August.
News that China is to allow Brazilian beef back into its markets shouldn’t derail the bull run the New Zealand industry is enjoying, says leading exporter Silver Fern Farms.
Health and safety, along with water, are the two hottest topics with farmers, according to Federated Farmers’ chief executive Graham Smith.
Rural insurer FMG is this week launching a mental health initiative aimed at the rural community.
From Kentucky family farms to Californian ‘mega dairies’, there is one thing on the mind of US dairy farmers – milk price. In California this is driving many to nuts.
A trade analyst is calling for greater transparency in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.
The wool sector should not waste more resources on research, says former Wool Equities Ltd chairman Clifford Heath.
A wool industry leader is urging the Government to offer other agricultural sectors the same level of support it gives to dairy.
The big open-plan office where many MetService forecasters work is dominated by a huge screen showing weather conditions affecting New Zealand.
Weather is a huge influence on New Zealand farms’ profitability. Knowing exactly what the weather might do, and when, will determine farmers’ and contractors’ work.
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Farmers pushing for change in the red meat sector claim industry leaders are shutting them out of industry events and funding.
Minimum management standards expected of Canterbury’s farmers by June 2017 are defined in a newly released booklet, albeit without a single number on associated nutrient losses.
The controversial Health and Safety Reform Bill has been sent back to a parliamentary select committee for another six weeks in an effort to break a deadlock on some of the proposed reforms.
Red meat farmer lobby MIE will unveil “a cunning plan” next month to push for the merger of the two major meat co-ops and block foreign investors taking a stake in the businesses.
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