THE NORTH ISLAND sale of 6,600 bales continues the upward trend in the wool market, New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson reports.

RURAL INSURER FMG is now accepting applications for their agriculture scholarships.

NEW ZEALAND SHEEP and beef farmers have a new tool to help them calculate how much grass will grow on their farms two weeks in advance.

MEAT INDUSTRY REFORM group, Meat Industry Excellence (MIE), says the industry's cooperatives need to move to best practice for farmer director elections, with the process run quite independently of the cooperative boards and management.

OCTOBER 15 MARKS the International Day of Rural Women, a United Nations day that recognises the contribution of women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating poverty.

FEDERATED FARMERS is helping farmers understand their rights when it comes to electricity lines on their property.

THE FIRST OF THIS season's New Zealand avocados have started hitting the supermarket shelves in Japan in a buoyant start to export sales there, and opening prices in Australia are at their best.

STORM CLOUDS rolled across Canterbury at record speeds earlier this month, causing huge damage and highlighting the need for fast communications to obtain new parts, locally and overseas, for damaged irrigators. 

FEDERATED FARMERS and Horticulture New Zealand are talking up the outcome of the High Court decision on Horizons Regional Council, despite having lost – technically at least.

DAIRY FARMERS went home from one spring bull sale last week confident their purchases will mean extra days in milk compared to if they’d bought elsewhere.

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