by Luci | Nov 27, 2023 | Default
State Highway Two south of Wairoa is down to one lane – as work continues to clear a slip where a person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash on Sunday. Another weekend of serious rain saw more than 200 mls of rain dumped on the East Coast around...
by Luci | Nov 27, 2023 | Default
A “new era” for energy in New Zealand is underway, with the country’s largest solar installation now generating electricity. Lodestone Energy, NZ’s leading utility-scale solar energy company, began generating electricity at its farm in Kaitāia in late November. It is...
by Luci | Nov 27, 2023 | Default
With the coalition finally sorted last week the weekend offered time to have a think about what changes will happen for farmers. Fed Farmers Dairy Chair Richard McIntyre takes a look at what he thinks the new coalition means for farmers. Richard McIntyre joins Mark...
by Luci | Nov 24, 2023 | Default
With the new coalition government announced today one of the big questions was who would be in charge of Agriculture. With the three coalition partners confirming a commitment to supporting farmers the decision on who would be Ag Minister was answered with Todd McClay...
by Luci | Nov 24, 2023 | Default
Significant changes in the rules around velvet exports to China will open an opportunity for the New Zealand velvet industry according to Deer Industry NZ chief executive Innes Moffat. In future velvet imported into China for traditional Chinese medicine will need to...
by Luci | Nov 24, 2023 | Default
A feed marketplace says it is well placed with more than 10,000 bales of silage, baleage and hay ready to roll out to farmers ahead of a hot, dry summer. With an El Nino weather pattern predicted there are fears drought could leave farmers short of feed. Feed Finder,...
