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Official declaration that the South Island’s drought is a medium-scale adverse event has been widely welcomed by farmers and their representatives.
The South Island drought doesn’t seem to have had too much impact on crop yields to date, particularly where irrigation’s been available.
Now that drought has been declared by the Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy, Inland Revenue says it will exercise discretion towards affected farmers.
The mission of mymilk is to “mix it up” with competitors rather than lose that milk, says Fonterra’s chairman John Wilson.
The director of Massey University’s Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre (FLRC), Professor Mike Hedley says while intensive farming puts pressure on New Zealand soils he believes they are presently capable of handling that pressure.
The Ministry for Primary Industries denies holding ‘special’ meetings with New Zealand dairy product makers in the light of claims that China has rejected 60 batches of our dairy products in the past year.
Three Massey science and agriculture students have been working with the Horizons Regional Council as part of the council’s Sustainable Land Use Initiative (SLUI) scholarship.
The small township of Hawarden in North Canterbury had a significant boost to its population on Friday 13 February when 400 people crowded the local hall for the Lincoln University Foundation’s South Island Farmer of the Year winner’s field day.
Rob Hewett and Fiona Hancox have been elected to the Silver Fern Farms’ Board of Directors.
The two new trustees appointed to the New Zealand Farm Environment (NZFE) Trust bring plenty of experience and enthusiasm to the table.
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ANZ is extending its assistance package to farmers anywhere in New Zealand affected by extreme dry conditions.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has today officially declared the drought conditions on the east coast of the South Island as being a medium-scale adverse event.
In a first-of-its-kind for New Zealand, Lincoln University is hosting an international conference on food science and technology.
Lincoln University farm management and agribusiness lecturer Guy Trafford is so convinced about the opportunities sheep milk presents he plans to manufacture his own ice cream from it.
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