THE POOL of farming and agricultural service people prepared to take on cooperative governance roles just got a bit stronger with 27 delegates completing the LEADing Board course courtesy of the Burnside Hart Co-operative Education Trust and New Zealand Cooperatives Associaton.

BEHIND CLOSED doors last week agribusiness companies discussed the successes and failures of their companies as they have tried to expand into overseas markets.

OUR CHINA export story needs to “get a harder edge”, moving from talk to execution, says ANZ’s chief economist Cameron Bagrie.

PERSUADING ARCH rivals Silver Fern Farms and Alliance to join together is a vision that could be set to music.

NEXT TIME you return from a busman’s holiday overseas, change your clothes and footwear before checking on the farm, warns a global authority on cereal diseases.

INTENSIVE GRAZING beef can boost returns by $480/ha, delegates at a recent Beef + Lamb New Zealand field day heard.

A SHEEP and beef farm manager from the Wellington region’s west coast has landed the top prize in Cooper’s Bumper Season promotion.

A new action plan between Australia and New Zealand will see defences against the threat of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) strengthened.

FENCE technology company Kiwitech systems could bring in $480/ha in extra income in areas as small as 10ha, claims Northland agent Ron McCloy.

The Dairy Women's Network will develop the country's first leadership programme specifically for women working in the dairy industry using a $180,000 grant from the Ministry of Primary Industries' Sustainable Farming Fund.