Farmlands Posts Strong 2025 Half-Year Growth
Rural retailer Farmlands has released it's latest round of half-year results, labeling it as evidence that its five-year strategy is delivering on financial performance and better value for members.
OPINION: Your canine crusader, like many in the sector, is wondering just exactly what is happening with the so called ‘wool industry initiatives’.
What is Rob ‘I don’t’ care where, as long as I’m chair’ Hewett and his handpicked bunch of acolytes actually up to on the heavily government- and industry-funded Wool Impact Group (WIG)?
The sudden resignation last month of WIG chair Mike Allen poses further questions.
It seems like a lot of money has been wasted on expensive consultants producing reports, but with bugger all else achieved.
Meanwhile, as the consultants and various board members collect their fees, strong wool growers continue to lose money hand over fist and the sector continues to go down the gurgler, while Rob’s mob continue to twiddle their thumbs and spin yarns (pun intended) about all the wonderful things they are supposedly doing.
Zespri has unveiled Grown for Good, a refreshed global brand platform, in an effort to reinforce the company's commitment to nutrition and creating value across the kiwifruit industry.
For the first time in more than 30 years the Government has set a new set of radical priorities for the science it funds - including agriculture.
The Labour Party has announced it will support New Zealand's free trade agreement (FTA) with India.
OPINION: Political parties in New Zealand have a long history of supporting free trade agreements together.
New Zealand's high country farmers could soon gain greater flexibility to diversify their land use as the new Crown Land Legislation Amendment Bill is introduced to Parliament.
New Zealand farming history needs to be celebrated, says the New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards (NZCFSA) national coordinator, Anne Barnett.

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