NZ’s medicinal cannabis ecosystem hopes to harvest value-add opportunities
The latter is planning to close its East Tāmaki factory, affecting 65 workers. It is one of only…
Fonterra farmer-shareholders ‘bank the good times’ with Mainland sale payments
Waikato farmer Gary Reymer, who has supplied milk to the co-op for nearly 50 years, has around 500…
Farming app detects rise in ‘suspicious’ fuel takes overnight
“I don’t want to cause too much alarm or anything, given the current situation around fuel, but we…
Silver Fern Farms posts $29.1m profit after two years of losses, halts Middle East exports
Exports to the Gulf halted, for now But its agility was being tested by war in the Gulf,…
Farms running dry of fuel as rural distributors struggle with allocation
She said the biggest concern was that the reticulated drinking water system for livestock ran on fuel. “We…
What Wattie’s frozen veg exit could mean for arable and seed growers
Around 350 mostly fulltime roles would be impacted, including vegetable growers – around 220 of them in Canterbury…
Resource management reform: What do primary sector groups think?
It said 2242 written submissions were publicly available, but the total number of submissions was confidential to the…
Farmers calling for same animal welfare standards on local and imported pork
In some of these countries, farmers still use sow stalls (cages for pregnant pigs), which New Zealand banned,…
North Island weather: Fences and crops destroyed as wind and rain hammer farms
“There’s been a small amount of stock loss that we’ve heard of, but as a whole, because the…
Wool sector overhaul: PGG Wrightson winds up Napier auction operations
“The amount of shearable sheep in the world and in New Zealand is at a record low, which…
ASB Classic: Kiwi Monique Barry can’t hide emotions after first-round exit
“I was just trying to do what I could on each point and hope to find some rhythm,…
New government rules coming for micro-abattoirs; homekill for sale in pipeline
That will be reduced to 30 in the first season and 12 in subsequent seasons, from April next…