by Luci | Sep 27, 2023 | Default
A big boost to the dairy economy with Fonterra’s profit and dividend announcement last week. Northland Federated Farmers President Colin Hannah says farmers are set for a $637 million payout this season but tough economic conditions means most are likely to sue it to...
by Luci | Sep 26, 2023 | Default
A $10 million research project to future proof and protect Aotearoa food systems is underway. The aim of the five year project is to explore future food system scenarios and impacts and will address the growing concerns around sustainable nutrition and food...
by Luci | Sep 26, 2023 | Default
A contracting company has been fined $52,500 for unlawfully quarrying in part of the important Gimblett Gravels wine-growing district in Hawke’s Bay, damaging the qualities of soil for viticulture. The Gimblett Gravels is a designated wine-growing area near Hastings...
by Luci | Sep 26, 2023 | Default
A young farm worker whose leg became trapped in a feed-out machine on a Mid Canterbury farm for more than an hour was flown to hospital with serious injuries. The accident highlights the latest provisional injury statistics from Stats NZ, which show there were 222,300...
by Luci | Sep 26, 2023 | Default
In the North a wet start to the school holidays is putting a damper on travel around the Bay of Plenty with a number of partial or full road closures due to slips or fallen trees. A section of State Highway 2 at Waiotahe Beach remained closed this morning due to a...
by Luci | Sep 25, 2023 | Default
Rural Support Trust and New Zealand Young Farmers are leveraging their respective strengths and expertise to increase awareness of services to ensure young people working and training in the food and fibre sector know what’s available to them for maintaining good...
