Two prominent rural personalities easily won their parliamentary seats on National tickets Saturday night.

There is a clear political mandate for reform of the Resource Management Act, says Federated Farmers.Feds president Dr William Rolleston says vital reforms to the RMA have been stalled for want of support from National's partners in the last Parliament.

An additional rail service between Christchurch and Hokitika will benefit road users in the regions.

BY GORD STEWART   If I went to a Federated Farmers meeting and wanted to get laughed out of the room, I know just what to say.

Delwyn Knight has taken the role of general manager of animal breeding company, Liberty Genetics.

Dairy farmers in the Horizons Regional Council area have each spent an average $110,000 on environmental management in the past five years.

THE INDUSTRY-LED working group looking at the issues with swedes affecting dairy cattle in Southland says a key priority will be developing clear and agreed advice for farmers.

YACHTS ARRIVING in Northland from overseas this season will face greater biosecurity scrutiny, says the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

LANDCORP FARMING Ltd is now sole owner of livestock genetics business, Focus Genetics, after it acquired the remaining 33% shareholding from Rissington Breedline.

BEEF + LAMB New Zealand has outlined what it sees as the policy priorities for the incoming government.