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Ministry for Primary Industries border staff were shocked last week by a passenger arriving in Auckland with two crates of fresh mango – which carry a high risk of hosting Queensland fruit fly.
The fruit fly is one of the biggest risks to our horticultural industry.
Alliance Group is showing farmers from the UK around its operations following encouraging sales at Sainsbury's over the crucial Christmas period.
Rural Women NZ has received a big response to its 'Feeling Rotten' survey in the first week since its launch.
The combined North and South Island Wool auction comprising 15,300 bales saw some variation in price levels between types and selling centres compared to last sale on January 31, however overall the market generally steadied, says New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd's general manager, John Dawson reports.
With over two million square metres of floorcoverings needed for the Christchurch rebuild, Federated Farmers believes strong wool should be given a leading role.
The AgriKidsNZ Competition is about to launch into the regional finals stage around New Zealand and over 600 primary school children are in agreement that the regionals are the place to be.
Representatives of a Belgian company which has imported New Zealand frozen and chilled lamb for almost 40 years have made a flying visit to New Zealand.
Massey University has established a new Institute of Agriculture and Environment.
Rural insurer, FMG, has announced the prize draw winners of their milk quality awareness campaign.
Shareholders of post harvest kiwifruit operators EastPack and Satara are being asked to approve a merger of the companies following the signing of a merger implementation agreement today (February 4).
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New Zealand's red meat industry risks oblivion in the coming decades unless it adopts its recently proposed $65 million development programme, says ANZ.
Any increase in farmer confidence comes from the dairy sector and even that is off a low base. That is one of Federated Farmers' conclusions from its 2012/13 Mid-Season Farm Confidence Survey.
Rotorua forestry company and a Coromandel forestry contractor have been fined more than $50,000 in total for carrying out forest harvesting unlawfully at a remote Coromandel farm.
Rural Women New Zealand is conducting a survey on the causes and effects of anxiety and depression in rural communities, updating a survey it did in 2006 that drew a large number of responses.
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