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Don't forget to vote

Fonterra shareholders are urged to vote in the upcoming director elections.

Fonterra shareholders are being urged to vote in the director elections where two incumbent directors are unopposed in their bid for re-election.

Published in General News

Wilding conifers a legacy issue - forest owners

PCE Simon Upton told the Wilding Pines Network Conference in Queenstown earlier this month that there was a need for ongoing investment into the control of pest plants, including wilding conifers.

Forest owners welcome the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s acknowledgement that the presence of wilding conifers across New Zealand is largely a legacy issue.

Published in General News

RWNZ launches Cynthia Collier Grant

Rural Women New Zealand has established a new $5,000 grant.

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has established a new $5,000 grant to assist projects and initiatives that support rural communities.

Published in General News

Co-op taps into the power of probiotics

Fonterra is utilising its probiotics to tap into the health and wellness market, says chief executive Miles Hurrell.

Fonterra is using its vast trove of dairy culture collections to tap into a growing global health and wellness and medical nutritional markets.

Published in General News

Turn automation for JD combines

John Deere claims that automating the headland turns makes operating the harvester easier and more precise.

The latest round of software updates for Gen 4 Displays and the John Deere Operations Center.

Published in Machinery & Products

Electric power on show

New Holland’s T4 Electric Power utility tractor is the first zero-emission, light utility tractor with no internal combustion engine.

The New Holland T4 Electric Power utility tractor will be making its European debut at November’s Agritechnica 2023.

Published in Machinery & Products

Sheep milking wool's future?

Canterbury sheep farmer and woolgrower Joe Catherwood has diversified into sheep milking. Photo Credit: Kim Lewis.

Long-time Canterbury sheep farmer and woolgrower Joe Catherwood has diversified into sheep milking.

Published in Management

Another tough year ahead!

B+LNZ is warning that some sheep and beef farmers are unlikely to make a profit this coming season.

Beef + Lamb New Zealand warns that the country's meat producers face another tough year as demand for sheep and beef recovers slightly, but not enough to outweigh increases in on-farm costs.

Published in Agribusiness

OPINION: More than 100 farmers, rural professionals and international researchers recently took part in a webinar about breeding toward low-methane genetics as part of Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Cool Sheep programme.

Published in Opinion