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OPINION: It's good news that Finance Minister Nicola Willis has slashed $1.1 billion from new spending, citing "a seismic global…
NEW ZEALAND IS undergoing huge changes to land use and decision makers need to be aware of the consequences for the future, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright.
RURAL CONTRACTORS NZ and Federated Farmers may have different memberships and goals, but they share a close and mutually beneficial relationship, says RCNZ president Steve Levet.
PRICES RECEIVED BY New Zealand producers, as measured by the output producers price index (PPI), rose 2.4% in the September 2013 quarter, Statistics New Zealand says.
HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS of farmers in the Philippines whose crops were destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan need urgent assistance to sow new seeds before the end of the current planting season, FAO has warned.
TURN OUT for 22 meetings starting this week will be a barometer of the mood for change in the meat industry, claim organisers.
FONTERRA IS comfortable with putting all its eggs in one basket when it comes to trade with China.
THE ANZ Bank’s head of agri and commercial, Graham Turley, says farmers appear to be concentrating on profitability, which will help mitigate some of the Reserve Bank’s concern about the high level of debt in the dairy sector.
ANOTHER RAFT of Government proposals to reform fresh water management is likely to find favour with the farming sector.
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES Minister Nathan Guy, launching the proposals, says the recent drought focused attention on the importance of water to the national economy.
MEAT INDUSTRY Excellence (MIE) chairman John McCarthy says his group wants sheep and beef farmers to return to supplying their meat to the co-operatives
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WORKING WITH MAORI trusts to optimise land use in Northland could be worth $715 million in gross output, says Minister for Primary Industries (MPI) Nathan Guy.
A LEADING Maori agribusinesswoman says there’s a myth going around about the so-called ‘potential’ of Maori farming.
FONTERRA HAS reported a great start to milk production, but it may be too early to talk about a record season.
HORTICULTURE NZ’S new president Julian Raine wants to do things differently to get better value for growers.
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