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Rural broadband plan 'not ambitious enough'

27 Aug 10 | Federated Farmers believes the potential of rural broadband is being underplayed by yesterday’s “final proposals” for the Government’s $300 million rural broadband project. |

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Submissions sought on GM pines

25 Aug 10 | The Environmental Risk Management Authority is calling for submissions on an Scion application to field test genetically modified pine trees.

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Argentine machinery mission

25 Aug 10 | Argentina is looking to New Zealand to provide further opportunity for their farm machinery industry.

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Horizon's One Plan very complex say Feds

25 Aug 10 | Federated Farmers welcomed the independent hearing panel’s report on Horizon's One Plan.

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One Plan protects water, native habitat

25 Aug 10 | Horizons Regional Council’s One Plan has emerged from six years of consultation and deliberation.

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Fonterra holds payout forecast for 2010-11

20 Aug 10 | Fonterra reaffirmed today its forecast payout range before retentions for the 2010/11 season would be $6.90-$7.10. This combines an unchanged forecast Milk Price of $6.60 per kilogram of milksolids (kgMS) and an unchanged forecast Profit After Tax of 30-50 cents per share.

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Sheep rustlers jailed

18 Aug 10 | Two men have been sent to prison for sheep rustling and animal cruelty, after they were caught with 14 sheep crammed in a car.

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$320 million boost welcomed

18 Aug 10 | Federated Farmers has welcomed today’s $321 million commitment to the dairy and red meat sectors through the Primary Growth Partnership (PGP). Increased investment is science, research and technology is in Federated Farmers manifesto.

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Beef and Lamb NZ backs awards

18 Aug 10 | Beef + Lamb New Zealand has thrown its weight behind the Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) by sponsoring the Livestock Farm Award.

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Farmer Council unveiled

17 Aug 10 | Beef + Lamb New Zealand has significantly restructured the way it delivers regional extension activities, through the newly formed Beef + Lamb New Zealand Farmer Council.

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No 1080 in West Coast water

17 Aug 10 | Every water sample taken on the West Coast as a result of landowner consultation has come back clear of 1080. The samples were extracted by an independent company and analysed by Landcare Research.

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UAG gives notice 60c per share bid

17 Aug 10 | Uruguayan-based Union Agriculture Group Corp (UAG) yesterday announced that it has notified NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Limited (NZFSU) of its intention to make an all cash offer at 60c per share for up to 100 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares in NZFSU.

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Tax benefit for Uruguay investment

13 Aug 10 | NZ Farming Systems Uruguay (NZS) has been granted tax benefits with an estimated current value of US$20 million to US$25 million under Uruguayan tax law.

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Sheep numbers 'stabilising'

13 Aug 10 | Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Economic Service says the signals are there that the sheep flock is stabilising following three consecutive years of dramatic decline.

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Farmer confidence on way up

12 Aug 10 | New Zealand’s agricultural sector is reporting an increasingly rosy view of the future, with 87 per cent of the nation’s farmers expecting economic conditions to either improve or remain stable.

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Meat terms of referenced released

11 Aug 10 | The Meat Industry Association and Beef + Lamb New Zealand have released the terms of reference of the Meat Sector Strategy, setting out where activity will be focused in the coming months.

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Sir Ron Trotter dies at 82

11 Aug 10 | Prominent business leader Sir Ronald Ramsay Trotter, former chairman of Fletcher Challenge, died this morning in Wellington. He was 82. |

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$35m order signals strong growth

10 Aug 10 | In a greenfield operation in New Zealand, GEA Process Engineering has secured an order worth more than $35 million (or 20 million Euros) for the delivery of a full milk processing plant to Miraka Limited.

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Milk fever warning

09 Aug 10 | DairyNZ is urging dairy farmers to exercise caution when using Palm Kernel Extract [PKE] to feed cows pre-calving because of a potential risk of milk fever as a result of its high phosphorus content.

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Meet NZ's best young butchers

09 Aug 10 | The top five young butchers and five butcher apprentices from around the country have been found in the hunt for New Zealand’s best young butcher for 2010.

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