It Is Going To Be Another Five Years At Least Before Local Authorities In Hawke’s Bay Pay For Professional Possum Hunters To Knock Back The Pest’s Population
It is going to be another five years at least before local authorities in Hawke's Bay pay for professional possum hunters to knock back the pest's population. Hawke's Bay Regional Council has delayed managing the control programme til 2028 while it focuses on recovery...
Hort NZ Is Calling On Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon To Appoint A Minister Of Horticulture To Cabinet To Help Ensure The Essential Supply Of Fruit And Vegetables For New Zealand
Hort NZ is calling on incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to appoint a Minister of Horticulture to Cabinet to help ensure the essential supply of fruit and vegetables for New Zealand. Hort NZ Chief Executive Nadine Tunley says the horticulture industry eager to...
Demand For New Zealand Strong Wool Is Increasing But The Industry Needs To Get The Basics Right To Achieve Its Full Potential
Demand for New Zealand strong wool is increasing but the industry needs to get the basics right to achieve its full potential, WoolWorks president Nigel Hales says. Nigel Hales is just back from China and says there are very positive signs for NZ wool but clip...
Four Cows Needed Their Tails Amputated And 116 Suffered Pain And Permanent Damage After A Farm Manager Deliberately Broke Their Tails
Four cows needed their tails amputated and 116 suffered pain and permanent damage after a farm manager deliberately broke their tails. The dislocations, referred to as “broken tails”, were commonly associated with “tail jacking”, when farmers yanked the tails of dairy...
NZs Supreme Kiwi Sausage For 2023 Comes From Silverdale Just North Of Auckland
NZs supreme kiwi sausage for 2023 comes from Silverdale just north of Auckland. Sam’s Butchery has won the Supreme Award in the 2023 Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. ‘Lamb Delight’ was announced at a special Sausage Mixer Awards where butchers from across the...
The Beef + Lamb NZ Awards Are Being Announced On Thursday At Te Pae The Christchurch Convention Centre – Kate Acland Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
The Beef + Lamb NZ Awards are being announced on Thursday at Te Pae the Christchurch Convention Centre. The awards grew out of the NZ Sheep awards and highlight the innovation, technologies, and management systems that make New Zealand’s grass-based red meat industry...
The Contentious Livestock Export Industry Is Hopeful Of Getting Back In Business By The End Of 2024
The contentious Livestock Export industry is hopeful of getting back in business by the end of 2024. One National party election promise was the return of the half billion dollar export industry. On Country TV’s Election 23 programme National Leader Christopher Luxon...
The a2 Milk Company Has Entered Into Mediation With Synlait Over The Cancellation Of Its Exclusive Manufacturing And Supply Rights Agreement
The a2 Milk Company has entered into mediation with Synlait over the cancellation of its exclusive manufacturing and supply rights agreement. a2 Milk announced in September it would end the arrangement with Synlait covering infant formula. At the time, a2 Milk said...
The University Of Canterbury Will Host An International Climate Adaptation Conference In 2025
The University of Canterbury will host an international climate adaptation conference in 2025, featuring the world’s top scientists, indigenous scholars and policymakers. The Eighth Adaptation Futures Conference is part of the United Nations World Adaptation Science...