by Luci | Nov 24, 2023 | Default
So far it has been a good spring for bees with plenty of clover around. To catch up on the latest as we approach the official start of Summer Mark Leishman is joined by Bee Industry spokesperson John Hartnell joins Mark Leishman on Round Up.
by Luci | Nov 23, 2023 | Default
Rabobank says North American cattle prices continue to track at high levels, with US cattle prices steady and Canadian prices up three per cent between June and October. In its latest Beef Quarterly Report it says in Southern hemisphere countries, prices remain soft....
by Luci | Nov 23, 2023 | Default
A big step for the NZ EU free trade agreement with 524 of the 705 member European Parliament voting in favour of approving it. Outgoing Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor says there was broad support for the agreement from across the European...
by Luci | Nov 23, 2023 | Default
An Otago-born technology designed to detect parasites in livestock has received a shedload of unexpected applications worldwide. Since 1992, Mosgiel based tech group Techion has continually developed a user-friendly microscope to count parasite eggs in sheep faeces...
by Luci | Nov 23, 2023 | Default
Global food producer OFI has officially opened its state-of-the-art Tokoroa dairy processing facility and is already drawing up plans to expand the site. New Zealand operations director Paul Rennie says the opening is the continuation of an exciting journey for the...
by Luci | Nov 22, 2023 | Default
Federated Farmers policy team staff is to be reduced by 6.5 full-time employees – with 3 being regional policy staff and three on the national policy team. Federated Farmers CEO Terry Copeland says the reductions haven’t just been about saving money or...
