Federated Farmers See The Increases To The Ute Tax As Just Another Cost On A Productive Sector – Andrew Hoggard Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
Federated Farmers see the increases to the Ute Tax as just another cost on a productive sector already under huge pressure with rapidly increasing costs and slipping commodity prices. Entering his last couple of months as Federated Farmers National President Andrew...
World No.1 Tim Price Will Be Out To Add To His Trophy Collection At The 2023 Badminton Horse Trials Beginning Overnight
World no.1 Tim Price will be out to add to his trophy collection at the 2023 Badminton Horse Trials beginning overnight. It will be his ninth visit to the prestigious British event with his best finish being third in 2017. His wife Jonelle won Badminton aboard Classic...
The Fonterra 2023 Dairy Woman Of The Year Recipient Is Donna Cram
The Fonterra 2023 Dairy Woman of the Year Recipient is Donna Cram recognized as an outstanding woman who has contributed to the dairy sector with passion, drive, innovation and leadership. The honour was announce last night at the Dairy Womens Network conference. She...
The Feds Say Greenpeace Is Spreading Harmful Misinformation That There Is A Link Between Nitrates In Water And Colorectal Cancer – Wayne Langford Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
The Feds say Greenpeace is spreading harmful misinformation that there is a link between nitrates in water and colorectal cancer and Vice President Wayne Langford is pretty annoyed. He regards it as a new low for Greenpeace, using misinformation about a human health...
The Government Is Stumping Up With More Money To Remove Sediment And Debris In The Hawke’s Bay And Tairāwhiti Gisborne Regions
The Government is stumping up with more money to remove sediment and debris in the Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti Gisborne regions. $133.2 million has been allocated for Hawke’s Bay and $38.8 million for Gisborne and Associate Minister for Cyclone Recovery Barbara Edmonds...
The Reserve Bank Says Falling Dairy Prices And Rising Costs Are Putting Pressure On Farmers’ Profit Margins
The Reserve Bank says falling dairy prices and rising costs are putting pressure on farmers’ profit margins. In its latest Financial Stability Report, the bank singled out increasing farm debt servicing costs as a concern. The bank says falling dairy prices over the...
There’s A Need For 150 Vets In The Country And The Hardest Positions To Fill Are Often In Rural Areas
There’s a need for 150 vets in the country and the hardest positions to fill are often in rural areas. Vet Staff Recruitment Agency founder Julie South a few tweaks in the working holiday visa rules could make the world of difference. She says currently those visas...
The Numbers Are Stacking Up As To The Impact Of That 12 Hours In February When The Cyclone Struck The East Coast – Will Foley Joins Mark Leishman On Round Up
The numbers are stacking up as to the impact of that 12 hours in February when the Cyclone struck the East Coast. It will cost billions and have an economic impact stretching down the years. Hawkes Bay Regional Councillor Will Foley joins Mark Leishman on Round...
Kiwi Fruit Growers Are Finding This Season Is As Challenging As The Last
Kiwi fruit growers are finding this season is as challenging as the last and quality issues in sungold fruit particularly are seeing a lot of that fruit heading to domestic supply, juice or cattle feed. East Pack director David Jensen says wet weather this week has...