Fewer farmers are feeling undue pressure from their bank but satisfaction rates continue to slide
Fewer farmers are feeling undue pressure from their bank but satisfaction rates continue to slide. 1,341 farmers responded to the Fed Farmers November Banking Survey and, 65.4% said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their bank relationship which is down 3%...
The effluent which got into the Waiau River.
Two farming businesses have been fined after effluent - contaminated stormwater got into a polluted creek and a river near Te Anau. Scott Farming and Waiau Terraces were each ordered to pay $9750 in the Environment Court. Lawyer Tim Mackenzie said they were caught...
Wool and Hemp
Two big organisations in agriculture are joining forces to produce wool and hemp fibres for clothing, carpets and packaging. Large rural services company Carrfields, headquartered in Ashburton, and hemp processing company Hemp New Zealand have set up New Zealand...
The investigation into the mass chicken death
A year ago yesterday 190,000 chickens died at D B Chicks near Helensville. But the investigation into the mass chicken death is still not completed a year later. SAFE’s Jessica Chambers, says there’s no excuse for the investigation to take so long describing it as...
The shearers will be allowed in from January to March.
60 international shearers are the latest to be allowed into take the pressure off woolly sheep in the summer heat. Horticulturists and rural contractors have both been given Government reprieves to allow pickers and big machinery operators into the country at harvest...
Cherry harvest just getting underway.
NZ’s love for cherries is about to be satisfied with the stone fruit harvest just getting underway. But like our strawberry crop, there is a potential loss of $50 million dollars to the Central Otago economy if the cherries can’t be picked due to lack of pickers. Tim...
Coronavirus on beef
Reports over the weekend that the Chinese city of Jinan found Coronavirus on beef and tripe and their packaging from Brazil, Bolivia and New Zealand, are being refuted by the Prime Minister. Reuters also reported two other provincial capitals detected it on pork from...
Keep children off quad bikes
Australians are being advised to keep children off quad bikes of any size, not carry passengers, loads or spray tanks and wear helmets. The latest report from the Australian Centre for Agricultural Health and Safety says quad bikes have accounted for 15 of 69 on-farm...
Kiwifruit Industry
Confidence in the kiwifruit industry’s growth is fuelling Mount Pack & Cool’s investment in increased packing and storage capacity at its 6.5ha site in Tauranga. In January, the fourth stage of development gets underway making it the largest individual...