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Canterbury farmers are being asked to be extra careful when baling and storing hay, following a spate of shed and bale fires in the District. Fire and Emergency has attended at least two fires relating to the baling of hay and its storage in the past two weeks. Fire...

A five-stand World strongwool lamb shearing record of 3740 has been set by five King Country shearers with Te Kuiti gun Jack Fagan topping the day's tallies with 811 – He was immediately declared the "fastest Fagan on earth" by his father Sir David Fagan. In fact it...

Farmers are becoming more aware of their environmental footprint with the rising costs for synthetic fertilisers pushing up demand for organic fertilisers. Fertiliser company Ravensdown says in the last year, the price of Urea has gone up 95 per cent to $1190 a tonne,...

Next Christmas your drink of choice might be a seaweed smoothie or cocktail. AgriSea New Zealand is hoping to tempt more New Zealanders to try a seaweed food drink with Research and development general manager Clare Bradley declaring that with the right combination of...

Shipping logistics are becoming a growing hurdle for NZ to be able to produce premium food and more importantly get it to our export markets. - New Zealand's port issues are a frequent topic but they pale in comparison to those at Los Angeles, which has the worst...

Dairy prices finally hit a snag in the latest dairy auction …after reaching a seven-year high two weeks ago things dropped a tad as with the overall index was down 1.5 % to $US4236 per metric tonne The volume was down a thousand tonnes to 30,375. Prices for everything...

Container ships are hitting just 20 per cent of their New Zealand schedules, according to Affco. The $9.4 billion export meat sector is heading into its peak season and Affco has b ecome more strategin and reduced its proportion of chilled exports in favour of more...

Since the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses across New Zealand and around the world have been affected by supply chain disruptions. Many farmers are facing delivery delays on new machinery with Norwood's Leader of customer relations, Philippa Dawe warning...

Farmers are becoming more aware of their environmental footprint with the rising costs for synthetic fertilisers pushing up demand for organic fertilisers. Fertiliser company Ravensdown says in the last year, the price of Urea has gone up 95 per cent to $1190 a tonne,...