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12:23 PM | Primary Industries Minister David Carter and Environment Minister Amy Adams are welcoming further progress in New Zealand’s fresh water management with the release today of the Land and Water Forum’s second report.
11:56 AM | Soaring gumboot sales in an Invercargill store have set a national sales record and show the "positive mood" of farming in Southland.
11:51 AM | Farmers are worried they could miss payments worth $30m after NZ Dairies went into receivership yesterday.
16 May 12 | Horticulture New Zealand is calling on the Government to abandon its ‘Direct Exit’ policy at airports and re-introduce 100% x-ray of passenger bags at the border.
16 May 12 | The New Zealand Fertiliser Quality Council (FQC) will be using a webcast, streamed live, to launch their new educational program, New Zealand Needs Fertiliser and Plants Need Food. The webcast will come from the University of Waikato in Hamilton.
16 May 12 | A payout forecast well under $6 is predicted for the new dairy season after international milk prices fell further overnight.
16 May 12 | Rural Women New Zealand endorses the call by the chief coroner for it to become mandatory for coroners’ recommendations to be responded to by Government agencies.
15 May 12 | Rural Women New Zealand’s innovative aftersocks fundraiser for Canterbury earthquake victims has achieved the highest accolade at the Fundraising Institute of New Zealand’s (FINZ) annual awards.
15 May 12 | The countdown is on to the TeenAg and AgriKidsNZ Grand Finals for 2012 and this year’s event in Dunedin is shaping up to be the biggest yet.
15 May 12 | Farmers who usually supply cattle to Affco for processing are sending them to competing plants out of frustration over the company's long-running industrial dispute.
A decade of great steak
15 May 12 | Chris and Karren Biddles, from Te Atarangi Angus, have been named the Producer of the Decade at last night’s Steak of Origin grand final.
14 May 12 | It was always a matter of time before New Zealand's biosecurity was breached – and a fruitfly found in an Auckland suburb may not be the last, a former quarantine inspector says.
14 May 12 | Canterbury won the trifecta at the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards, with its regional representatives winning all three titles.
14 May 12 | Prime Minister John Key says the Government is looking at frontline biosecurity staff after criticism cut backs allowed a devastating Queensland fruit fly to get into New Zealand.
Fonterra teams up with McCaw
11 May 12 | Dairy giant Fonterra is hoping to score big points as it tries to get grumpy Kiwis back on side by enlisting All Blacks captain Richie McCaw as its ambassador.
11 May 12 | The reported discovery of a Queensland fruit fly in Auckland should serve as a timely warning to the government not to continue to rundown New Zealand’s border biosecurity, according to the PSA.
10 May 12 | Te Puni Kōkiri Te Arawa Regional Director Wally Tangohau was among the supporters and judges visiting the Waewaetutuki 10 dairy unit in the final judging round of the 2012 Ahuwhenua Trophy – BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award Dairy.
10 May 12 | Researchers say the Psa-V outbreak wreaking havoc in New Zealand kiwifruit orchards could cost the industry up to $885 million, and they expect hundreds of job losses in years to come.
10 May 12 | Delivery trucks emblazoned with cows grazing in scenic New Zealand landscapes are a common sight on the streets of Taiwan. The trucks also feature delicious-looking beef dishes, to tell a complete story of grass-fed Kiwi beef, from pasture to plate.
09 May 12 | Nearly 700 people are expected to attend the 2012 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards dinner on Saturday night, where the national winners in three categories will be announced.
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