Order Early, Check the Label: NZPork’s Christmas Ham Advice
NZPork says a ham made in New Zealand is not necessarily made from New Zealand pork.
Federated Farmers has two new board members- Sandra Faulkner, Gisborne and Mark Hooper, Taranaki.
They were elected after several rounds of voting at the Feds annual general meeting in Auckland today. Under Fed’s election rules, over 50% of the votes are required to get elected.
They replace Chris Lewis and Chris Allen.
Faulkner, husband Rob and their family farm Wairakaia Station at Muriwai.south of Gsbprne.
She has served as Gisborne/Wairoa provincial president and as meat and wool provincial chair.
Hooper and his wife milk 320 cows in Lepparton, North Taranaki.
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Canterbury milk processor Synlait has come through tough times and is now ready to scale up from a stable base, says its newly confirmed CEO Leon Fung.
NZPork says a ham made in New Zealand is not necessarily made from New Zealand pork.
Rural Contractors NZ says proposed changes to land transport rules for agricultural vehicles are a welcome response by the Government to out-of-date regulations which have seen members hit with huge fines.
With New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions in the spotlight, Auckland scientist Nathan Balasingham says there’s a better way to tackle the problem than shrinking cow numbers or fertiliser usage.