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Streamline the silos - MIA

The meat sector wants the new government to streamline the siloed approach to regulatory making by government departments.

A top priority for the incoming National-led coalition government is to sort out the ways regulations are formulated by various government agencies.

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Meaty issues to tackle

Beef+Lamb NZ chief executive Sam McIvor says the sheep and beef sector is in the midst of a challenging time.

The incoming government needs to take a pragmatic and practical approach to dealing with a raft of issues affecting sheep and beef farmers.

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Dairy discharge into Rotorua stream leads to prosecution

Waitetī stream running brown. Photo Credit: Toi Moana Bay of Plenty Regional Council.

A Rotorua dairy farm has been convicted and fined $40,000 for an illegal dairy effluent discharge from a travelling irrigator.

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Changes to Feds' policy team will hurt farmers - warning

All farmers will be worse off if planned reductions in Federated Farmers' policy team proceed.

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Farmlands going off the rails?

Shareholder and supplier Roger Beattie is questioning Farmlands’ current business model.

Rural retailer and supplier Farmlands is being accused of going off the rails and shareholders are being urged to take back control of the co-operative.

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Headwinds hit SFF

Silver Fern Farms Chief Supply Chain Officer Dan Boulton speaks to farmers at a Supplier Roadshow event at Ashburton. Photo Credit: Nigel Malthus

Silver Fern Farms is facing "a huge amount of headwinds".

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Fantasy vs reality?

Jane Smith, founding member of the Methane Science Accord.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith is questioning the modus operandi of AgriZeroNZ - the industry and government partnership working to find a solution to reducing farm methane emissions.

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