Beef+Lamb NZ, Federated Farmers, and Seafood NZ, as well as dairy giant … would be undermined if New Zealand introduced mandatory labelling.
Category: NZ Farming
Online calf club saving farmers beef?
Mycoplasma Bovis has had a big impact on the dairy farming industry and is currently threatening our calf clubs. Calf Club NZ, an independent calf …
Society turning a blind eye to horrific animal abuse on farms
It is unbelievable that in 2018 we are still turning a blind eye to horrific cases of animal abuse on farms throughout New Zealand. We use animals for …
Agency takes risk out of operating in China
Shareholders include Sealord, Silver Fern Farms, Synlait Milk, Villa Maria Estate and Pacific Pace. Clients are New Zealand King Salmon, Anzco, …
Biosecurity awareness ‘needs work’
“This is timely as the Government and farming industries attempt to … health problems in infected cattle, was first discovered in New Zealand last July.
MPI investigating Timaru pig farm for use of crates
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is investigating a pig farm near Timaru over whether it is … New Zealand farmed pork loses ground to imports.
Campaign sets sights on Bovine Viral Diarrhoea
A national campaign is asking beef and dairy farmers across New Zealand to help develop frameworks for disease control of bovine viral diarrhoea …
Farmers wish all power to Productivity Commission inquiry
The independent and thorough scrutiny the Productivity Commission should bring to bear on local government costs and funding could be the …
Stock rustling takes shine off a good year for sheep farmers
Gladstone sheep and beef farmers Andrew and Lottie Rayner get so many thefts … Stock theft is still an all too common problem in rural New Zealand.
Tramper who died in Nelson Lakes named
In the New Zealand Mountain Safety Council’s report on tramping incidents in New Zealand, it was recorded that 44 per cent of fatalities (out of a total …