A step too far
OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
AFTER EXPORT data for the June quarter, Federated Farmers is relieved the OCR will likely be on hold for the remainder of 2014.
IN A MARKETING success for Zespri, more than 1000 people took part in an Zespri 'Juicy Water Fight' in Shanghai to celebrate the launch of Zespri SunGold Kiwifruit in China this season.
Fonterra has appointed Miles Hurrell as its new group director cooperative affairs.
The Reserve Bank has increased the official cash rate (OCR) by 25 basis points to 3.5%.
Rural Contractors are backing the Government's plans to encourage more New Zealanders into seasonal work; they also support its decision to increase the annual recognised seasonal employer (RSE) cap to a total of 9000 workers.
FEDERATED FARMERS says Britain's National Farmers Union (NFU) should work with New Zealand to boost British lamb consumption rather than attack New Zealand lamb.
THE GOVERNMENT and the commercial pork industry have signed up to a Government Industry Agreement (GIA) on biosecurity readiness.
GOVERNMENT'S PLANS to get more Kiwis into seasonal work and increase the annual Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) cap to 9000 are welcomed by the New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated (NZKGI).
AGRECOVERY FOUNDATION wants councils to introduce and enforce burning bans after a recycling surge followed the introduction of a burning ban in Canterbury in January 2014.
MEAT COMPANIES that supply supermarkets and sell New Zealand lamb as a loss leader in the United Kingdom should lose their access to this valuable quota market, says Labour's Primary Industries spokesperson Damien O'Connor.
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WHO SAYS there's no such thing as a free lunch - or dinner, asks the Northland Rural Support Trust.
THE RED meat sector is showing signs of putting decades of low profits and lack of reinvestment behind it.
FEDERATED FARMERS' new-season Farm Confidence Survey has moved into negative territory, with pessimists outnumbering optimists on prospects for the general economy and farm profitability.
RURAL WOMEN New Zealand reminds Far North farming families to be mindful about health issues in dealing with flood waters, inclduing the elevated risk of leptospirosis.
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