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Winning comes easy

The 2020 Hawkes Bay/Wairarapa Dairy Industry Awards Share Farmer of the Year winners Nick and Rose Bertram are no strangers to success.

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Co-ops and cows helping rebuild war-torn communities

Waikato dairy farmer Ross Wallis is making a difference to thousands of people in Sri Lanka by sharing his dairying knowledge.

Published in Agribusiness

COVID-19: Meat processing protocol and advice for farmers

The protocols will enable processing companies to continue operation under COVID-19 alert level 4 restrictions.

Farmers are being urged to act now in response to new COVID-19 protocols for processing companies that will impact processing capacity.

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COVID-19: Misery on UK farms

A New Zealander managing a large dairy farm in the UK says he is not sure that farmers in NZ realise the problems they are about to face.

Wake up, New Zealand: that’s the message from a New Zealander trying to manage a large dairy farm in the UK amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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COVID-19: Our only chance to get it right

Damien O’Connor: “The stakes are very high if we don’t do this properly.”

Ag minister Damien O’Connor says if NZ doesn’t get this four-week COVID-19 shutdown right, the chances are this will go on for a long time.

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COVID-19: Wash fruit and vege in water only

Don't wash your fruit and vegetables in detergent.

Misinformation is circulating in some media and on social media regarding the role of food in the potential transmission of the COVID-19 virus, says United Fresh president Jerry Prendergast.

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Rain gives farmers hope

Heavy weekend rain, in the lower eastern half of the North Island, will start to turn things around for farmers who have been facing a desperate situation with drought.

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