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For more than 30 years, Rural News has championed the cause of the New Zealand farmer with quality editorial and breaking stories in the agribusiness sector.
Auckland New Zealand
Joined March 2011
North Island maize grain growers are facing an uncertain future in 2025 as the country's energy crisis hits the rural sector.
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Gisborne's record hot dry summer weather has produced rewards for one of the country's largest commercial growers based in the region - Leaderbrand. @Hort_News
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OPINION: All models are wrong. All surveys are shaped by the designers by the choices given.
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Apricots from New Zealand’s largest Summer series exporter, Ardgour Valley Orchards, burst onto the world stage and domestic supermarket shelves under the Temptation Valley brand last month. @Hort_News
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OPINION: I understand where Federated Farmers were coming from when they asked the question of the Commerce Commission: is the Net Zero Banking Alliance not market collusion?
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OPINION: The shakeup to the science sector with the proposed merger of four ag related crown research institutes (CRIs) into one conglomerate has drawn little public reaction.
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Alliance Group has secured greater access for chilled beef exports to China, following approval for two of its processing plants to supply the market.
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The countdown is on to be one of the most anticipated events in the sheep and beef industry, the East Coast Farming Expo.
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In 2024, venison production was a story of reduced supply and a positive post-pandemic market recovery, resulting in stable farmgate pricing.
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Dean Smith has been in the role of CEO of Summerfruit NZ for about four months, having succeeded Kate Hellstrom at the end of September. @Hort_News
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Applications for the 2025 intake of Rabobank's Farm Managers Programme (FMP) and Executive Development Programme (EDP) are now open.
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New Zealand cherry exports may be headed for a record year in terms of volume, says Summerfruit NZ chief executive Dean Smith. @Hort_News
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Beef + Lamb NZ wants farmers to complete a survey that will shed light on the financial toll of facial eczema (FE) at the farm level.
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Productivity in the horticulture sector is being thwarted by different regions in the country having different rules for commercial growers and orchardists. @Hort_News
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Arguably one of the country's top dairy company's chief executives, Richard Wyeth has abruptly quit Chinese owned Westland Milk Products (WMP).
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If a New Zealand wool carpet maker were to win the bid for the hotly debated Kainga Ora state housing contract, the benefits to New Zealand would be “far reaching”.
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For the first time in 17 years, DairyNZ wants farmers to contribute more cash to run the industry-good organisation.
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The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is bolstering its frontline applications teams in a bid to reduce the timeframe for new product applications, but agri chemical producers say that it isn't good enough.
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Variable weather conditions across the country are being blamed for the slow start to the meat processing season.
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New Zealand’s apple and pear industry has surpassed $1 billion in orchard gate returns (OGR) for the first time. @Hort_News
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Just on two years ago Cyclone Gabrielle wreaked havoc in Hawke's Bay causing massive damage to NZ's largest apple growing region. @Hort_News
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