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Farmgate prices for cattle have continued to head higher over the last two weeks in both islands. This lift was driven by local procurement issues rather than market forces as US imported beef prices continue to drop.
Lincoln University has made public the building development plan for the Selwyn campus for the next 25 years which includes aspects of the proposed 'Lincoln Hub'.
Civil Defence is urging farmers to move stock away from areas of flood, landslide or power line risk as a winter storm looms over the country.
The Animal Health Board is relinquishing its role as the management agency for the National Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) Pest Management plan.
The Ministry for Primary Industries congratulates Marlborough dryland farmer Doug Avery, who has been named the 2013 Landcorp Agricultural Communicator of the Year.
Federated Farmers of New Zealand is welcoming Google's global trial for its revolutionary Project Loon. If successful, Project Loon could ensure near total broadband coverage for rural New Zealand at speeds currently associated with 3G mobile.
THE HIGHLANDERS rugby team may be making Otago farmers despair, but when it comes to water policy, it seems their region is top of the table, judging by the comments of one expert.
A MARKET is emerging in China for cleaner, greener food and if this could happen in China, it could happen anywhere, says Australian sustainability advisor Paul Gilding.
THE BIGGEST threat to the sheep industry in New Zealand is the competition for grass – especially from the dairy industry, says ag consultant Peter Fennessey, a speaker at a recent BLNZ science day at Feilding.
A MASSEY University lecturer says an ‘interesting conflict’ is brewing in New Zealand betweean environmentalists and animal rights activists.
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FARMER GROUPS across Australia have applauded the Federal Government’s Farm Finance package, unveiled in late April.
BOB KATTER’S Australia Party will introduce the Fair Milk Mark Bill to the Queensland State Parliament, which aims to introduce a fair milk mark on a milk bottle that SHOWS the farmer was paid a price above the cost of production.
THE GLOBAL business environment is evolving so quickly it’s “about running to keep up so we are not made obsolete,” Zespri chief Lain Jager says.
US ICONIC company McDonald’s may have dumped lambburgers – but a thriving New Zealand fast-food company plans to take on the land of beef and burgers on its home ground.
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