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OPINION: The Greens aren’t serious people when it comes to the economy, so let’s not spend too much on their…
A POTENTIAL shift in trendy urban thinking from ‘buy local’ to ‘buy best-in-season’ is good news for New Zealand meat exports, says Craig Hickson of Progressive Meats.
THE DAYS of getting electrical work done without a compliance certificate are over.
SCIENCE IS being excluded from the debate over land farming in Taranaki.
A MATE of the Hound reckons the Aussie-owned and controlled publishers of a weakly (sic) rural publication are hypocritical with their stance on palm kernel (PKE).
Fonterra's board has established the WPC80 Inquiry Committee, and charged them to oversee an independent review into the circumstances giving rise to the affected whey protein concentrate (WPC80) and subsequent chain of events.
A new chairman and board member have been appointed to the Horticulture Export Authority.
Dairy farmers need not fear phosphine, says a biosecurity treatment expert.
Rural Contractors New Zealand (RCNZ) says it welcomes the government's newly announced workplace health and safety reforms.
Fonterra chairman John Wilson has announced an independent review of the cooperative's performance at the time of, and following, the manufacture of the affected whey protein concentrate.
AUSTRALIAN FARMERS are backing a Government initiative to prevent potentially dangerous chemicals falling into the hands of terrorists.
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AUSTRALIAN SHEEPMEAT exports to China during the 2012-13 financial year leapt 91% to a record 69,860 tonnes, boosted by a more than five-fold year-on-year lift in mutton exports to 35,867 tonnes.
THE BETTER payout and lift in farmer confidence is likely also to mean a better season for contractors, says the newly elected president of the Rural Contractors Association, Steve Levet.
TWO FORMERLY fierce rivals in avocado exporting say their successful collaboration could signal the way forward for other export industries.
THE NEW dairy industry accord designed to clean up waterways has been hailed by industry, councils and farmers, but it has drawn only lukewarm support from environmental groups.
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