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Sheep industry recognises top performance

Beef + Lamb NZ chief executive, Sam McIvor (pictured) says the awards are an opportunity to celebrate the NZ sheep industry.

The sheep industry celebrated its best and brightest at the Beef + Lamb NZ Sheep Industry Awards in Masterton last night.

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16 years for Hawke’s Bay’s A&P Bayleys Wine Awards

Entries open on July 1, 2016 and the organising committee are hopeful of tipping last year's near record numbers.

Award sponsors, industry representative and media are gathering tonight for the official launch of the 2016 Hawke's Bay A&P Bayleys Wine Awards.

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Big dairy conversion aims for economic and environmental sustainability

Milk shed and feed pad nearing completion.

A major dairy conversion, transforming 2500ha of forestry into five farms near Taupo, is on track to start milking on August 1.

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Out of the blue come five farms

A major dairy conversion, transforming 2500ha of forestry into five farms near Taupo, is on track to start milking on August 1.

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Team work key to conference

This will be Loshni Manikam’s first time as DWN conference committee chair

WORK IS well underway to plan the dairy industry's largest event targeted for the specific needs of women in the business of dairying – the Dairy Womens Network annual conference.

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Reproductive workshops

DairyNZ experts will speak at a series of Bay of Plenty workshops on herd reproductive performance during September and October.

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1200 storm claims lodged in Taranaki

INSURANCE CLAIMS persist in Taranaki after two major storms hit the province in three weeks. The first extensively damaged dairy farms around Waverley and Patea, and one last week hit farmers in the north of the province.

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