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08 June 2015
NZ Farmers Keen to Boost Lamb, Beef Exports OverseasNEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand meat export industry needs to make up lost ground with a boost to marketing New Zealand beef and sheepmeat overseas, said Federated Farmers....
29 May 2015
Indirect Costs Take Toll on New Zealand Farm SpendNEW ZEALAND – Farm input prices have seen a rise for beef and sheep farmers in New Zealand despite lower direct input costs....
Beads Used in “Encouraging” New TB TestGLOBAL - US and UK animal health departments have been supplied with a new bovine tuberculosis test from New Zealand using bead technology, offering a cheaper, “more reliable” diagnosis for the costly disease....
08 May 2015
Animal Welfare Amendment Bill Passes Final ReadingNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand’s Animal Welfare Amendment Bill received unanimous support during its third and final reading in Parliament this week....
07 May 2015
New Tools in Methane BattleNEW ZEALAND – Graziers could have a safe and effective way of reducing methane emissions from ruminants by up to 90 per cent by 2020....
27 April 2015
New Zealand Beef Production Expected to Rise NEW ZEALAND - Beef production in New Zealand is predicted to increase in the 2014-2015 season, due to impacts of higher worldwide demand and lower dairy returns....
16 April 2015
Have Subsidies Hindered Progress on Livestock Farms?GLOBAL – Direct farm support payments have hindered agricultural progress across the globe, scientists heard this week. ...
07 April 2015
NZ$7.8m Allocated for Sustainable Farming ProjectsNEW ZEALAND - Twenty nine new projects have been approved for NZ$7.8 million in new funding over four years through the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF), Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has announced....
02 April 2015
Boost for New Sustainable Farming ProjectsNEW ZEALAND - The new Zealand government is to grant NZ$7.8 million in new funding over four years through the Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF), to 29 new farming projects....
30 March 2015
Bacteria Can Fight Forage-Destroying Plantain MothNEW ZEALAND - Scientists at AgResearch have found that naturally-occurring bacteria can be used to fight the emerging insect pest known as the plantain moth....
25 March 2015
Billions Could Be Saved in New Zealand Red Meat SectorNEW ZEALAND - Savings of hundreds of millions, potentially billions of dollars can be made in New Zealand’s red meat sector through industry rationalisation and consolidation....
18 March 2015
New Zealanders to be Evaluated on Environment SpendingNEW ZEALAND - DairyNZ and Federated Farmers are going out to dairy farmers to find out how much money they have invested on-farm in environmental initiatives....
10 March 2015
New Zealand Takes Zonal Approach on TheileriaNEW ZEALAND – Farms looking to move stock as the weather gets colder are advised to take note of their herd and three disease risk zones for tick-borne illness Theileria....
03 March 2015
New European Cattle and Sheep Breeding Company AnnouncedEUROPE - A leading New Zealand breeding company is branching into Europe following the acquisition of a major stake in a UK based sheep breeding specialist, bringing with it cattle and sheep expertise. ...
Efforts Build to Tackle Yellow Bristle GrassNEW ZEALAND – Efforts are being combined on New Zealand’s north island to address a road side weed which has become a problem on some farms....
17 February 2015
Sustainability Help For Beef and Sheep FarmersNEW ZEALAND - Seventy sheep and beef farmers from around the country are gathering in Wellington this week to equip themselves with the skills and knowledge they need to negotiate sustainable land and water management regulations in their own regions....
16 February 2015
Thistle Eating Beetle Highly Rated For ControlNEW ZEALAND – Graziers could have an insect on their side in the battle against one of New Zealand’s “worst agricultural weeds”....
Government Offers Tax Relief for Drought-Affected FarmersNEW ZEALAND - Revenue Minister Todd McClay has welcomed the Inland Revenue’s decision to exercise its income equalisation discretion to help provide relief for drought-affected farmers in the eastern South Island....
23 January 2015
Farmers Call for Drought Declaration NEW ZEALAND - Federated Farmers believes that if the government made a medium-scale adverse event declaration for some South Island provinces, it would give more emotional support to farmers than financial....
21 January 2015
Fall in Fuel Prices Should Mean Lower Costs for FarmersNEW ZEALAND - The continuing fall in fuel prices should be reflected in lower farm input costs Federated Farmers believes....
14 January 2015
NZ Agritech Sector Worth NZ$1.2 billionNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's agritechnology sector was worth approximately NZ$1.2 billion in 2013 according to new research into the size, value and future potential of the sector....
09 December 2014
New Training to Improve On-farm ProductivityNEW ZEALAND - Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has teamed up with Open Polytechnic to provide specialist agribusiness training for sheep and beef farmers....
05 December 2014
Jobs Saved at Study Abattoir NEW ZEALAND – Jobs will be saved at a North Island abattoir after a research organisation sold an eighteen-staff facility to a specialist commercial operator....
25 November 2014
Bluetongue Virus Identified in Bulgarian WildlifeEUROPE – Wild animals have become infected with Bluetongue in Bulgaria, resulting in deaths to deer and wild sheep....
24 November 2014
Disease Warning Issued for New ZealandersNEW ZEALAND – An agricultural advisory body is urging farmers to be on the lookout for a tick-carried disease after spreading from Northland to the south island this year....
18 November 2014
New Zealand and Korean Trade Agreement Is PositiveNEW ZEALAND - New Zealand’s recently signed Free Trade Agreement with Korea is a positive step in freeing up our trade relations and represents an absolute bottom line for the quality of outcomes for further agreements....
14 November 2014
NZ to Gain from Cooperation in EUNEW ZEALAND - Beef + Lamb New Zealand Chairman, James Parsons says his recent meetings with European sheep and beef farming leaders have confirmed that the opportunities to cooperate to improve farm returns for farmers on both sides of the world are bigger...
29 October 2014
Government Help Vital to Keep Dam Project AffordableNEW ZEALAND - A New Zealand farm body is lobbying the government to support a new dam project in the south island’s northern district....
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