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The seasonally adjusted value of exported goods fell 4.7 percent to $11.0 billion in the June 2013 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.
South Canterbury milk processor Synlait Milk's shares jumped 58c shortly after its launch on the NZ Stock Exchange today.
Waikato milk processor Tatua has whipped its Dairy Whip product to new heights, literally - by transforming one of their 12 metre high silos into a can of Tatua Dairy Whip.
Entries for the 2014 Ballance Farm Environment Awards open next month.
With just six weeks until spring the two major fertiliser companies have dropped their prices on fertiliser nutrients.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients chairman David Graham says that alongside increasing demand for global food production is a growing expectation for food to be produced sustainably.
Interested in self-development? Then Generate - a free self-development programme that runs throughout New Zealand from Northland to Southland may be the answer.
Strong leadership, good networks and being change-ready are the key ingredients to running resilient farming operations, says Westpac managing director of private wealth and insurance, Simon Power.
New tax breaks that will contribute to protecting water quality have been welcomed by a regional council.
The first South Island sale for the 2013/14 season saw small movements each way, but an overall firm market with an 89% clearance of the 8100 bales on offer, NZ Wool Services International Ltd's marketing executive, Paul Steel says.
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand and New Zealand Young Farmers are calling for applications for a unique agricultural scholarship.
ZESPRI’S GOLD crop will be down about 45-50% this year, but there are positives to the season.
THE DAIRY industry is joining forces with regional councils to tackle water quality.
WIDESPREAD CONCERN about the welfare of fully housed cows in New Zealand is not well-founded, says the chair of the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, Dr John Hellstrom. If such systems are good, animal health should improve, he says.
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