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DISILLUSIONED FARMERS are looking for an internationally acceptable national organic standard due to a rise in international rules incompatible with the New Zealand farming system.
FONTERRA CHIEF executive Theo Spierings says more work is needed to improve its traceability credentials.
TRYING TO determine how primary producers can achieve the Government’s goal of doubling New Zealand’s exports by 2025 was the focus of a meeting of the agribusiness ‘boot camp’ group in Wellington last week. The meeting was attended by the chairs and senior managers representing 80% of New Zealand’s primary exports.
GREG MUIR chief executive of Tru-Test, agrees the biggest challenge to the primary sector is attracting the right people.
FONTERRA’S INGREDIENTS business is an “aircraft carrier” that allows the co-op to visit global markets efficiently, says chief executive Theo Spierings.
NEW ZEALAND is bowing to international pressure by introducing new milk cooling rules for dairy farmers.
WE’VE ALL heard of Silicon Valley in California. Now China’s biggest dairy company appears to have similarly named the Waitaki Valley.
THE WOOL Research Organisation of New Zealand (WRONZ) is exploring whether it can pick up some industry-good activities proposed under the defeated wool levy.
IT’S A great year for sheep and beef – bull beef in particular – according to a farm consultant in the Rotorua region, Peter Livingston from AgFirst.
FARMERS WILL support any agreement between meat processors on a moratorium on new plants, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.
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THERE MUST be realistic expectations about what can be done to improve the environment, warns a local government leader.
Farmax has announced it will offer a Massey University student a $5000 scholarship in an effort to encourage postgraduate research in agriculture.
A SURVEY conducted by Lincoln University shows that many farmers are struggling with the problem of passing on their farm to their children.
INVESTIGATORS IN the fight against fruit flies hope that two newly fitted mobile field laboratories will help them improve their ability to manage the pests.
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