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OPINION: For years, the ironically named Dr Mike Joy has used his position at Victoria University to wage an activist-style…
A TEAM OF New Zealand researchers from AgResearch and Plant & Food Research has unlocked an elaborate code to discover how coloured pigments in plants form.
TRADE MINISTER Tim Groser and Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy are leading an agribusiness delegation to Chile and Colombia.
NEW ZEALAND Wool Services International Ltd's marketing executive, Paul Steel says a volatile New Zealand currency during the auctions and restricted interest from some markets saw prices ease for the combined North and South Island auctions.
SHEEP AND beef farmers have supported all farmer remits and resolutions put to the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Annual Meeting, held in Feilding last Friday (March 14), including funding the Meat Industry Excellence Group.
NEW ZEALAND leads the way in encouraging and recognising women's leadership in agriculture, says Dairy Women's Network chairwoman Michelle Wilson.
FARMERS IN need of autumnal rain are disappointed Cyclone Lusi has failed to deliver the rain goods. Despite being in a de facto state of drought there are no plans to call for an adverse events declaration.
RURAL NEWS believes it is time for farmers around the country to take a stand against the constant carping and attacks by Fish & Game New Zealand on the dairy farming sector.
NORTHLAND AND WAIKATO are being warned of heavy rain, strong winds and storm surges – but Cyclone Lusi may be welcomed by farmers, says a Civil Defence spokesman.
THE NATIONAL Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC) is seeking public consultation on proposed changes to the Animal Welfare (Dairy Cattle) Code of Welfare 2010.
WITH 2014 the International Year of the Family Farm, the pressing issue of farm succession will be a key focus of this year's Rabobank farm managers program.
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While conditions are dry there is confidence that the cyclone which is set to hit the North at the end of the week will bring much needed rain and the weaner heifer market at Stortford was buoyant today.
The outlook for lamb prices continues to be positive with farmgate prices already close to bottoming out.
DAIRY INDUSTRY leaders say dairy farmers are investing millions of dollars in managing their environmental impact and taking their responsibilities seriously.
MANUFACTURING SALES volume had a record rise in the December 2013 quarter, mainly due to meat and dairy, Statistics New Zealand says.
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