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OPINION: Dust ups between rural media and PR types aren't unheard of but also aren't common, given part of the…
A giant 1,018m² rug made with more than 3,000kg of pure New Zealand wool is headed for the Guinness Book of Records as the largest single-piece rug ever made.
FARMERS COULD face longer term compliance and liability issues in the wake of last week's storm in Canterbury, according to environmental law specialist Ewan Chapman, of Duncan Cotterill.
The past week has been devastating for South Island farmers and with a short sharp wintry blast hitting the far south of the South Island on Saturday and we are not out of the woods yet, says Federated Farmers.
EVERY MOVE to slow the reform of the Resource Management Act makes business more uncertain for commercial fruit and vegetable growers.
IRRIGATIONNZ SAYS initial reports suggest more than 800 irrigators across Canterbury are severely damaged and will need to be repaired or written off following Tuesday's big wind.
THE HOUND reckons the meat industry here and worldwide won’t encounter much challenge from the world’s first lab-grown beefburger.
FONTERRA MAY soon own its first dairy farms in Australia. The Australian newspaper reports Fonterra is teaming up with state-owned China Investment Corporation to buy Van Diemen's Land (VDL), Tasmania, in whole or in part.
RURAL ORGANISATIONS are taking steps to ensure their voices are heard at council tables nationwide after polling closes in local body elections on October 12.
New Zealand research scientist Dr Richard Newcomb has been appointed as the new chief scientist at Plant & Food Research, beating off candidates from 11 countries.
Figures just released show New Zealand's border protection is good, but still does not measure up to the standard the New Zealand horticulture industry, and the Government, expect.
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B+LNZ IS “frustrated” that meat companies are not meeting it dollar-for-dollar in promotional work; but given the industry fragmentation foreseen if B+LNZ pulled out, promotion may fall through the cracks, says B+LNZ director James Parsons.
FONTERRA’S RECENT botulism scare has not dented customer confidence, says chairman John Wilson.
HIGH PROFILE agribusinessman Malcolm Bailey has been appointed chairman of the Red Meat Profit Partnership.
THE WINE industry is seeing the first signs of renewed interest in new vineyard development, showing there is new optimism in the industry, says New Zealand Winegrowers chairman Steven Green.
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