Yesterday (Monday 7 September) the Minister for the Environment David Parker and Minister of Primary Industries Damien O’Connor met with council executives, farming and sector leaders and Fish and Game Southland. The meetings focused on the new national regulations for freshwater and their implement
Toyota is trying to track down the lead actors from a series of 1980s TV ads that featured Barry Crump and his city slicker sidekick Lloyd ‘Scotty’ Scott careering cross-country in a ute. The TV commercials were for the Hilux, and now the company wants to find the two original bush-bashing river-run
Covid-19 has hit the farming community in an unexpected way: it is drying up the supply of farm vehicles such as quad bikes. That is because factories that assemble them in the United States have had their production disrupted by the virus April. Even where a factory has continued assembling the veh
Covid-19 has hit the farming community in an unexpected way: it is drying up the supply of farm vehicles such as quad bikes. That is because factories that assemble them in the United States have had their production disrupted by the virus April. Even where a factory has continued assembling the veh
Yesterday (Monday 7 September) the Minister for the Environment David Parker and Minister of Primary Industries Damien O’Connor met with council executives, farming and sector leaders and Fish and Game Southland. The meetings focused on the new national regulations for freshwater and their implement
Toyota is trying to track down the lead actors from a series of 1980s TV ads that featured Barry Crump and his city slicker sidekick Lloyd ‘Scotty’ Scott careering cross-country in a ute. The TV commercials were for the Hilux, and now the company wants to find the two original bush-bashing river-run
Specialty dairy company A2-Milk (ATM) is looking to take a majority stake in struggling Southland processor Mataura Valley Milk as it looks to expand its infant formula supply. ATM has made a non-binding offer of about $270 million for a 75.1 percent stake in Mataura, and has been given exclusive ri
Telford is partnering with DairyNZ to offer free entry-level training for career changers whose employment may have been impacted by Covid-19 and are serious about pursuing new opportunities in the farming sector. The GoDairy initiative is planned as a 3-week programme, introducing people to the dai
An online programme to enhance positive interactions between pigs and stockpeople and minimise handling-related stress in pigs is being adopted across New Zealand’s pork sector. The ProHand Pigs Stockperson training course, developed by the Animal Welfare Science Centre at the University of Melbourn
Loyal shareholders in Alliance Group, New Zealand‘s only 100 per cent farmer-owned major red meat co-operative, have been rewarded with a $5 million distribution. The quarterly payments have been made to Alliance’s Platinum and Gold shareholders who supply 100 per cent of their livestock to the comp
Millions of dollars’ worth of production is at risk if the government doesn’t allow agricultural machinery operators into New Zealand, Federated Farmers claims. Lobby group Federated Farmers said a survey by Rural Contractors NZ found that 57 contractors urgently needed 206 skilled operators. Driver
