- Fonterra Grass Roots Fund applications open October 23, 2017
Hit for six: Wynyard Cricket Club players Daniel Gladwell, Ethan Hawkins and Mason Hodgetts. Picture: Supplied. Funding applications are now …
- One week left to enter Proud to be a Chef October 23, 2017
Fonterra foodservice channel marketing manager Alastair McCausland said the program brings together talented apprentice chefs and provides them …
- Forestry calls for wooden public buildings October 23, 2017
New Zealand forests, which increased in size markedly after 1990, began shrinking in recent years, partly due to dairy conversions. In addition, many …
- Australian Dairy Farms Group (ASX:AHF) And The Consumer Discretionary Industry Prospect For … October 23, 2017
Australian Dairy Farms Group (ASX:AHF), a AUD$28.16M small-cap, is a consumer staples company operating in an industry which has been a …
- Coalition’s first 100 days: The challenges October 23, 2017
One major issue the Labour-New Zealand First coalition will need to …. using irrigation schemes and it is unclear if taxes on other commercial water …
- WEEKEND WEB: Farmers welcome the chance to grow! October 23, 2017
The debate was basically about how the UK would cope post Brexit and to … Once profitable farming has been established then proper, meaningful …
- Celebrating with the People’s Republic of China | SunStar October 23, 2017
“In the first half of this year, the two sides have signed 22 documents sealing agreements on economy, trade, infrastructure, agriculture, energy, drug …
- Cricketer pads up for annual gala dinner October 23, 2017
He played seven Test Matches for Australia between 1996 and 2008. … who grew up on his family’s sheep farm at Williams, has maintained strong …
- NZ wool yoga mat ready for launch October 23, 2017
A Fifth Breath yoga mat gets a workout in the New Zealand countryside. Photo: Supplied … Her husband was a Kiwi who came from a farming family.
- AgriKidsNZ events proving popular October 23, 2017
”It is a great public relations exercise and a vital part of NZ Young Farmers‘ ongoing emphasis of educating our youth about the vast and exciting …
- Claire Trevett: Paddles the cat the only bright spot in transparency October 23, 2017
But we do not know what NZ First has or what Labour has had to drop. … Water taxes on farmers will likely be scrapped – but Ardern has indicated a …
- Federated Farmers: SIRC to grow seed earnings, research capability October 23, 2017
As well as being a big export earner for New Zealand, the seed crop industry can also provide a very profitable addition to arable farming rotations.
- Egypt says Bahrain, Kuwait and UAE to lift ban on its agriculture exports October 23, 2017
CAIRO, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to lift a ban on imports of Egyptian agricultural products, Egypt …
- Supporting business success with modern business hub in Havelock North October 23, 2017
BM Accounting Limited are proud to have been supporting the best commercial and agri businesses in Hawke’s Bay for the past two decades. The firm …
- Norfolk Ladies in Agriculture support group is challenging industry stereotypes October 22, 2017
The agricultural industry is changing, but many traditional gender stereotypes … That is why running a support group like Ladies in Agriculture is useful. … To contribute to the study, contact Bethany Robertson on br602@york.ac.uk or …
- Straws in the Wind – a rural miscellany compiled by Meyrick Brown October 22, 2017
After leaving school, he studied agriculture locally and in Edinburgh, with … role as manager of national sales for Massey Ferguson, UK and Ireland.
- China business chiefs back Xi Jinping and party at congress October 22, 2017
China business chiefs back Xi Jinping and party at congress … Jinping,” said “milk king” Pan Gang, founder of one of China’s largest dairy companies.
- Canterbury dairy farms vandalised over long weekend October 22, 2017
Derek Crombie, chief executive of the Central Plains Water irrigation scheme, said he knew of one other Hororata farm and a Leeston farm that had …
- Canterbury dairy farms vandalised over long weekend October 22, 2017
Dougal King said someone had drilled holes in 30 irrigator tyres at his Hororata farm, about 60 kilometres west of Christchurch, on Friday night.
- Matthews Asia tips Chinese consumer stocks as drivers of economic growth October 22, 2017
In Hong Kong, China Mengniu Dairy also rose within 0.2 per cent of its all-time high set in April 2015 this month. The stock trades at 29 times estimated …
- China state planner to adjust state purchase price for grain October 22, 2017
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s state planner said on Sunday it will adjust … In September, the head of the agricultural ministry said Beijing will set more …
- Tnuva fined 25 million shekels October 22, 2017
According to the Antitrust Authority, the Chinese-owned Israeli dairy company demanded that supermarkets sell its items at a fixed price in order to …
- Peter Edwards | Something’s fishy in Chinese deal October 22, 2017
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2016 State of World Fisheries report, China is the world’s leader in …
- Greens sticking to plan to reduce dairy farming October 22, 2017
The Greens intend pushing ahead with their plan to pay dairy farmers to convert to … James Shaw said dairy farmers would need help to change.
- Horowhenua mayor wants council to back hemp farm October 22, 2017
Horowhenua’s mayor wants the council to back hemp farming in a bid to increase … in marijuana, and it is legal to sell hemp products in New Zealand.
- Fill-in farm worker was sacked unfairly October 22, 2017
They have ordered Douglas and Lee-Jones, a Federated Farmers Manawatū-Whanganui arable section chairman, to pay $7705 in lost wages.
- PBIT, China Railway Construction Corporation sign MoU October 22, 2017
Jahanzeb Burana told visiting delegation that agriculture is the mainstay of Punjab’s economy which needs to be revolutionised and Chinese investors …
- Project explores bond to fund new permanent native forests October 22, 2017
Hall was the lead author of Pure Advantage’s 2016 report “Our Forest Future”, which argued that New Zealand needed to plant around 1.3 million new …
- Farm equipment vandalised in rural Canterbury community October 22, 2017
Locals in the Central Plains Water Enhancement Scheme (CPW) area woke up on Saturday to discover more than 50 centre pivot irrigation tyres had …
- James Shaw: Greens will push electric cars, help farmers to become sustainable October 22, 2017
Mr shaw, speaking today to TVNZ 1’s Q+A programme, said electric vehicles will be encouraged and will so be much more common on New Zealand …
- Eat peanuts when you’re pregnant and NEVER wash a chicken: The ‘danger’ foods that are … October 22, 2017
Soft boiled eggs, souffles and proper tiramisu are back on the menu for everyone – after official 30-year-old UK advice that pregnant women, the …
- ‘We’ve actually got to help farmers‘ – Shaw says green farming and electric cars top priority October 22, 2017
Entertainment · Vote 17 · New Zealand. ‘We’ve actually got to help farmers‘ – Shaw says green farming and electric cars top priority. 3 min ago. share …
- GSA Names Ukraine as UK’s Offshoring Destination of the Year October 22, 2017
Ukraine is the UK’s offshoring destination of the year according to the Global … total exports, taking the third position after agriculture and metallurgy.
- Jacinda Ardern’s coalition government to bring back the forestry service October 22, 2017
It was once of our biggest employers. Now the incoming coalition government is to recreate the New Zealand forestry service. And it’s understood the …
- Interview: China plays major role in global economic integration — New Zealand party leader October 22, 2017
WELLINGTON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — China has played an increasingly key … business innovation, as well as research and development in agriculture.
- Woman in Agriculture announce next meeting October 22, 2017
Woman in Agriculture announce next meeting … help shape a successful and profitable future for farming in Scotland and across the whole of the UK.
- Retired farmer as busy as ever in community October 22, 2017
Ken Gillespie may be a retired sheep and beef farmer, but he is still just as busy as ever, as he is involved with the area’s heritage, ice sports, tourism, …
- CPC Congress: Group interview on innovation in agricultural science and technology October 22, 2017
The press center of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) holds a group interview on innovation in agricultural science …
- Be prepared for high tariff walls, says Richard Ashworth October 22, 2017
… of that, because some 78 per cent of all British agricultural exports go to the EU27. … The tariff walls on agricultural products are extremely high.”.
- Fears spread block of butter could cost £6 by Christmas October 21, 2017
Arla, the farmer-owned dairy company whose brands include Lurpak and Anchor, said that a shortage of milk across Europe, a higher demand for …
- ‘No-deal’ on Brexit would be a disaster October 21, 2017
Recent weeks have seen the DEFRA Secretary of State (Gove) confirm that Northern Ireland will receive the same proportion of the UK’s agricultural …
- Brexit is the sole issue of debate October 21, 2017
Even if EU-27 food supplies fall after a no deal Brexit it would not be a bonanza for UK agriculture. Again the politics around promises of a new golden …
- Conservationists urge action after alarming decline among insect life October 21, 2017
Conservationists and farm advisers said action is needed on a landscape scale to protect East Anglia’s invertebrates, after scientists in Germany found …
- View from the Society: Autumn event all set to be a record-breaker October 21, 2017
The show is the only one in the UK to run a Talented Showjumper … of our charitable remit to promote the countryside and agriculture and to make it …
- Pakistani firms must be given more opportunities to interact with Chinese companies: LCCI October 21, 2017
Important issues like Pakistan’s external trade, China Pak Economic … Our economic activities ranging from agriculture to aircraft manufacturing.
- Canadian-based Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan emerges as likely buyer for avocado producer … October 21, 2017
Canadian-based Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has emerged as the likely buyer of one of Australia’s biggest avocado orchards, Jasper Farms near …
- Unified approach to forestry needed October 21, 2017
The priority put on new forest plantings by New Zealand First entering the coalition presents an enormous challenge to the new Government and …
- Future of farming event planned October 21, 2017
Beef farmer and Nuffield Scholar Richard Fowler believes New Zealand meat farmers will have a problem competing with cheaper, healthier, cleaner, …
- Rotorua farmers stay upbeat but disappointed by coalition October 21, 2017
The likely axing of a proposed water irrigation tax was welcomed by those … Foreign ownership: Labour and NZ First have agreed to restrict sales of …
- Digging into the economic benefits of hemp and marijuana October 21, 2017
Earlier this month, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Small Business, and, Tourism held a public hearing on Senate Bill 119. This bill allows the …