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High jump for Hi-Cane?

NZKGI believes that banning Hi-Cane would be disastrous for the NZ kiwifruit industry.

A Northland grower wants the horticulture sector to show stronger leadership in opposing a proposal to ban the chemical Hi-Cane.

Published in General News

An answer looking for a problem

Lincoln University professor of Agricultural Science Jon Hickford warns against diverting an already limited public purse away from traditional research.

NZ's latest farming fad - regenerative agriculture (RA) - is getting a boost with more taxpayer funded backing.

Published in General News

Countries race to join CPTPP

Stephen Jacobi says the motivation of the three countries to join the CPTPP is a mixture of geopolitical and economic issues.

Chinese Taipei is the latest of three countries seeking to join the CPTPP – the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership.

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Fonterra pulls out all the stops to woo farmers

Fonterra chair Peter McBride says he's confident farmers will back the latest proposal.

Fonterra's board is pulling out all stops to get farmer shareholder approval for its proposed capital structure.

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New catchment award a 'natural fit' for BFEA

New Zealand Farm Environment Trust general manager James Ryan.

The Ballance Farm Environment Awards has launched a new Catchment Group Award as part of its 2021 awards programme.

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Genomic sheep selection tool gets an upgrade

Tom Berkovitz claims the Infinium technology is the most widely adopted genome-wide genotyping technology globally.

A genomic selection tool that is helping New Zealand sheep farmers lift animal performance is getting a revamp.

Published in Farm Health

A case for changes to methane approach

OPINION: In his recent open letter, David Lloyd asked for our help in clarifying the impact of methane in global warming (Will you help, Andrew?, Rural News, 24th August 2021).

Published in Opinion