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FEDSVoice: All your rural listening in one place
Listen in for all the latest farming news and views – and voice your own thoughts. That’s what’s on offer from the newly-updated Federated Farmers mobile phone app and website FEDSVoice. The app enables farmers and growers to tap into audio recordings and podcasts from Federated Farmers, feeds from top country radio shows from around the world such as American Ag Today and the BBC, as well as a wide range of New Zealand farming shows and podcasts. “What’s more, FEDSVoice enables farmers and growers to record their own thoughts on hot topics of the day, and we can…
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FEDSVoice: All your rural listening in one place
Listen in for all the latest farming news and views – and voice your own thoughts. That’s what’s on offer from the newly-updated Federated Farmers mobile phone app and website FEDSVoice. The app…
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NZ’s global reputation for agricultural excellence undermined by daft domestic policy
By Macaulay Jones, Senior Policy Advisor Climate Change, Trade, Forestry, Science & Innovation It’s hard to promote New Zealand’s championing of removal of the tariffs and other barriers that plague the international free…
National
Strategy to grow horticultural production to $12 billion
A new government and industry strategy launched today has its sights on growing the value of New Zealand’s horticultural production to $12 billion by 2035, Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor said. “Our food and…
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Good quality and size a feature of 2023’s New Zealand export apple crop
The New Zealand apple industry is expecting fruit of good quality and size as it heads into the 2023 export harvest season. ‘At the same time, we are estimating export volumes to be…
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Open fires banned in much of Southland as fire danger rises
Coastal Southland and all of the Department of Conservation estate, including Stewart Island, have moved into a Prohibited Fire Season today. Fire and Emergency District Manager Julian Tohiariki said that the indicators used…
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Inland Buller Moves to Prohibited Fire Season
Fire and Emergency NZ has declared a Prohibited Fire Season in the Inland Buller area, as dry and hot conditions have reached the threshold for banning outdoor fires. West Coast District Manager Myles…
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