by Luci | May 1, 2023 | Default
It has been a great harvest season for arable farmers in the South Island … and the autumn crops are all planted. So for some it is time to celebrate and Arable Industry Chair Colin Hurst is wanting his farmers to do just that and enter the Arable Industry Awards....
by Luci | Apr 28, 2023 | Default
Farmer-owned cooperatives Ravensdown and Balance have reduced fertilizer prices, with some products down as much as $200 per tonne. Last year fertilizer prices were up by as much as 25%. Ravensdown has reduced prices on urea by $150 per tonne and granular ammonium...
by Luci | Apr 28, 2023 | Default
Farmers over 65 are hurt more often than younger farmers, and WorkSafe says more care needs to be taken of children on farms. In the first three months of this year there were five farm fatalities and 30 WorkSafe notifiable injuries, with more fatalities on farms than...
by Luci | Apr 28, 2023 | Default
The Government has signaled it wants more wood processing done here in NZ rather than just sending logs overseas. Forestry Minister Peene Henare has announced a $57 million wood processing fund hoping to create products like sawn structural timber and engineered...
by Luci | Apr 28, 2023 | Default
The Climate Change Commission’s draft advice on the second emissions budget points out that the current policy settings are incentivising over-planting of trees on farmland and Beef + Lamb NZ CEO Sam McIvor says that vindicates Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s call for...
by Luci | Apr 27, 2023 | Default
Westland Milk Products is investing $70 million to expand its manufacturing of dairy protein lactoferrin. Chinese-owned Westland will treble production of the protein at its Hokitika factory and in the process become one of the top producers in the world. Westland...
