23 Dec 03 | AGRESEARCH scientists and the University of Otago, have new information on possum gut physiology, which could lead to using new toxins to control the pest.
23 Dec 03 | Dairy farmers have a new line of defence to protect their herds from
facial eczema with the introduction of facial eczema risk forecasting
and email updates to farmers about the risk of infection in their
area.
22 Dec 03 | Pregnant women are being warned to avoid close contact with sheep during lambing time.
22 Dec 03 | Pastoral House, for many years the Wellington head office for the New Zealand Dairy Board, has been bought by AMP NZ Office Trust.
22 Dec 03 | Chargeurs, the world’s largest comber of merino wool, has embarked upon a significant upgrade of their Timaru operation.
22 Dec 03 | An extension to the time required for completing the four deemed codes of
animal welfare was issued today.
22 Dec 03 | Any attempts or threats to destroy a field trial of genetically-modified onions must be met with the full force of the law, says Hugh Ritchie, Federated Farmers.
17 Dec 03 | Federated Farmers says the Government has finally listed to New Zealanders in its rejection of the Minister of Transport's plan to reduce the drink-driving blood-alcohol limit.
16 Dec 03 | Questions about cattle’s genetic make up and functions could soon be answered after the launch of the US$53 million Bovine Genome Sequencing Project.
16 Dec 03 | Richmond shareholders will front up for one of the most anticipated
annual meetings for years tomorrow.
16 Dec 03 | Richmond will pay a $2 million loyalty bonus to its most committed farmer suppliers.
11 Dec 03 | Tatua chairman Steve Allen says recent $5kg//MS payouts have probably given the whole country a shot in the arm "but my feeling is we are coming down the other side of it now".
11 Dec 03 | It will be early next year before a situation is found to the
uncertainty in the Wanganui branch of Federated Farmers.
11 Dec 03 | An increase in the estimated Fair Value Share (FVS) price for next season is a positive indicator of the progress of Fonterra Co-operative Group, says Dairy Farmers of New Zealand (DFNZ) Chairman Kevin Wooding.
10 Dec 03 | An application for a big Canterbury dairy conversion to take underground water is being opposed by 14 groups including Environment Canterbury staff.
10 Dec 03 | Fonterra and EDS have signed a seven-year, NZ$590 million IT infrastructure outsourcing contract to help streamline the co-operative’s global infrastructure and generate cost-savings for its shareholders.
10 Dec 03 | Exactly what a $160 million irrigation project proposed for the
Wairarapa Valley will cost individual farmers is being further
investigated to help landholders decide if they want to be involved.
10 Dec 03 | Fonterra's Edendale factory complex is to be prosecuted by the Southland regional council regarding air pollution over the nearby township.
10 Dec 03 | Farmers are being shut out from consultation on government plans for the foreshore and seabed, says Federated Farmers president Tom Lambie.
05 Dec 03 | Federated Farmers say recommendations of the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group should temporarily be put on hold.
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