by Luci | Nov 7, 2023 | Default
A Bay of Plenty dairy farm business has been fined $40,000 after dairy effluent ended up in Lake Rotorua. Chlorofield Limited was sentenced in the Environment Court at Tauranga after it pleaded guilty to a charge of discharging dairy effluent on to land that may enter...
by Luci | Nov 6, 2023 | Default
Federated Farmers is keen to raise awareness of the mediation scheme run by the Ministry for Primary Industries to give struggling farmers the chance to work through debt problems with their bank, using independent mediators. By law, banks must offer mediation before...
by Luci | Nov 6, 2023 | Default
Sales for small businesses in the agriculture sector fell 11.5% in September, compared with September 2022, performing significantly worse than the national average. Xero economist Louise Southall says the latest Xero Small Business Index shows the agricultural sector...
by Luci | Nov 6, 2023 | Default
Massey University’s AL Rae Centre for Genetics and Breeding is leading a Government-backed project to breed top-notch working dogs. Professor Matt Littlejohn says the study seeks to understand behaviour traits, such as a dog’s natural drive to work stock. He says the...
by Luci | Nov 6, 2023 | Default
Rising fuel costs are starting to bite deep into dairy farmer earnings and ultimately will make it more expensive to buy dairy products on supermarket shelves. Federated Farmers Dairy vice-chair Karl Dean says farmers are struggling to cover costs, yet those costs are...
