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OPINION: A mate of yours truly wants to know why the beef schedule differential is now more than 45-50 cents…
In what your old mate reckons is par for the course for the current Government, it has blown more taxpayer money on a wasted cause.
The Australian Manuka Honey Association (AMHA) is calling a recent study by the Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA) "reprehensible, misleading and laughably self-serving" and has served the NZ team a cease-and-desist notice.
The Trans-Tasman battle for naming rights for mānuka honey continues as - after an initial withdrawal - Kiwi honey advocates have filed for a replacement application in the UK and EU.
The new Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union has given a major boost to the New Zealand honey industry’s claim to exclusive rights to the name ‘mānuka’ honey.
OPINION: This old mutt notes that NZ's mānuka honey sector recently lost a trademark case in the UK, which may end up costing the sector big money.
In what is described as a first for the country, Taranaki-based Naki New Zealand has developed a mānuka honey and cannabidiol (CBD) blended nutraceutical aimed at the billion-dollar export market for CBD edibles.
Manuka honey could long term earn more money for a central North Island Maori trust than its sheep and beef farming operation.
The Ministry for Primary Industries is taking more time to review submissions to its consultation on the definition of Manuka honey.
Deer milking, manuka honey, sheep milking and blueberries are among Landcorp's options for land it had planned to convert to dairy farms.
OPINION: A mate of yours truly wants to know why the beef schedule differential is now more than 45-50 cents…
OPINION: Your canine crusader understands that MPI were recently in front of the Parliamentary Primary Sector Select Committee for an…