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THE RURAL sector is forecasting a strong year after outstripping expectations in 2013.
A 202ha, FLAT, dry-stock farm, described as one of the most admired in the Wairarapa, sold under the hammer last week at $5.61 million, well in excess of its $4.8 million 2011 government valuation.
AN INNOVATIVE new competition for Year 10 students helping to promote careers in the primary industries has been launched by Education Minister Hekia Parata and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy.
THE LIMITED offering of 6000 bales of South Island wool on offer saw a 90% clearance with most types increasing 2 to 4%, New Zealand Wool Services International 's general manager John Dawson reports.
THE COMMERCE Commission wants any remaining rural customers with concerns with the way that interest rate swaps were sold to them to come forward.
THE GOVERNMENT needs to show some initiative and help our baby formula producers who face having their products parked up on Chinese wharves, Labour's Primary Industry spokesperson Damien O'Connor says.
HOW DO you win the hearts of dairy consumers in China?
UK FARMERS want consumers to eat more British beef and help arrest a decline in production.
FEWER LAMBS and more money: that’s the equation for meat exports in the past six months.
NEW ZEALAND’S second largest dairy retailer is facing a hostile takeover bid from an Asian conglomerate.
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THEY SAY farmers are their own worst enemy and news that nearly three out of four dairy farmers have been caught breaking basic employment laws does little to dispel this notion.
THE AUTUMN break has arrived in Australia – a rarity in the past five years.
RUNNING DEER alongside sheep and cattle is a challenge the managers of Anawai monitor farm are determined to surmount.
ON SATURDAY mornings you won’t find Brian and Rae Doughty at their farm. Rather they will be busy at their stall at the Whanganui farmers’ market at a picturesque setting on the banks of the Whanganui River.
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