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THE HOUND notes that Transpower is currently advertising for a newly created position of ‘landowner relations programme advisor’.
According to its advert the near $100k a year role sits in the SOE’s ‘Landowner Relations Programme Group’ which is: “dedicated to having trusting relationships with landowners particularly when we are doing work on their land”. Your old mate reckons this will be news to the hundreds of farmers around the country who have had to deal with Transpower trying to force what they can and can’t do on their own land around its pylons.
The New Zealand Avocado Growers’ Association (NZAGA) announced their new chair will be Linda Flegg.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Sustainable Food & Fibres Futures Fund will invest in a project to assess the viability of larger scale production of spirulina in New Zealand.
On many farms the level of mating success achieved is very much based on the quality of the feed.
The winner of the inaugural Ahuwhenua Trophy Excellence in Māori Horticulture Award 2020 is Te Kaha 15B Hineora Orchard.
Hastings District Council has given the government a plan to address the seasonal labour shortage faced by the horticulture and viticulture sectors due to Covid-19.
Dutch robotic specialist Lely launched a new farm management application called Horizon at its recent Future Farm Days 2020.
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