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Tomatoes New Zealand has called on the government to ensure irradiated Australian tomatoes and capsicums are clearly labelled.
Centre-pivot irrigator ruts are contributing to the high accident rate amongst groundspreaders.
Malaysian officials have confirmed no palm kernel expeller (PKE) has been exported to New Zealand from the processing mill that Federated Farmers has reported concerns about.
The Federated Farmers Grain & Seed led feed operation, which will have shipped some 220,000 small bale equivalents from the South Island, may soon be approaching an end. With demand beginning to slow, Federated Farmers is concerned some farmers may be over-estimating pasture recovery following rain.
Wayne McNee is resigning as director general of the Ministry for Primary Industries to take up a new role as chief executive of the Livestock Improvement Corporation LIC.
Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy has signed a strategic plan on promoting agricultural cooperation between New Zealand and China.
The 15,000 bales of South Island wool on offer this week saw an 82% clearance and a generally dearer market overall, fully recovering from the previous weeks' North Island softer sale on April 18.
Half of New Zealand's sheep and beef farmers are worried about their on-going viability, the latest quarterly 'Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey' has shown.
FARMERS IN Manawatu/Rangitikei are unhappy the Environment Court refused to consider additional economic evidence on Horizon Regional Council’s controversial One Plan. They blame Horizons for causing confusion over the matter.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANISED criminals are moving into rural areas, says crime prevention advocate Crimestoppers.
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STEEP hills and balding, underinflated tyres were partly the cause of three fatal Northland quad crashes examined this month by the coroner’s court.
FARMERS SHOULD lead the conservation movement to get the best return on their products, says farmer/conservationist, Dan Steele.
“You can see exactly what’s going to happen,” Beef + Lamb New Zealand chairman Mike Petersen told Rural News. “There’s going to be low and slow supply from both the EU and New Zealand which is going to make it incredibly hard to fill Christmas orders.”
A CAMPAIGN to get a ‘Fonterra style’ single model for the meat industry is gathering momentum: farmers will meet on April 26 at Feilding to discuss the idea.
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