by Luci | Jun 2, 2023 | Default
About 700 homeowners nationally will get Government and council buyout offers after suffering damage in cyclones earlier this year. Areas badly hit by cyclones have been designated a category depending on the extent of damage and the potential for rebuilding. Category...
by Luci | Jun 2, 2023 | Default
Trade and Export Minister Damen O’Connor is off to London to for the Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting and then to Paris to vice-chair the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting. He says the Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting is an opportunity to discuss with our...
by Luci | Jun 2, 2023 | Default
Forestry contractors are struggling at the moment due to the poor price of logs. Forestry owners are stopping harvesting as they say it is not worth cutting down the trees. This leaves contractors “out on a limb”…and Toby Williams Federated Farmers Meat and Wool...
by Luci | Jun 1, 2023 | Default
The Government has not ruled out a fertiliser tax as an interim funding measure while the agriculture sector continues to work out how best to price its greenhouse gas emissions. In December, the Government responded to outcry from farmers at an earlier proposal to...
by Luci | Jun 1, 2023 | Default
A Sustainability Hub is one of the new features set to capture attention at Fieldays in a couple of weeks. Fieldays, the southern hemisphere’s largest agricultural event, is the ultimate launch platform for cutting-edge technology and innovation and Fieldays Society...
by Luci | Jun 1, 2023 | Default
The Tararua region east of Palmerston North was badly impacted by the February cyclones and the damaged land is about a third of the size of the Hawkes Bay carnage. Federated Farmers Tararua President Sally Dryland says locals are finally seeking help. Sally Dryland...
