By Simon Edwards Breaking down the silos in the wool value chain and pulling together as one is essential for the industry to thrive again, Federated Farmers Meat & Wool […]
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Plastic bags bad, plastic carpet good? Feds question Government logic
The Government’s decision to carpet rural schools in foreign-made synthetic carpets instead of New Zealand-grown wool is a slap in the face for Kiwi farmers, says Federated Farmers Meat & […]
WorkSafe to trial drones as a way to boost farm safety
Can drones deliver health and safety benefits to farmers by reducing the amount of time they have to spend on quad bikes? That’s something WorkSafe aims to test in a […]
Economic Week – June 9
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Sheep and beef inflation On-farm inflation for sheep and beef farmers has intensified to the highest since 1981, according to Beef + Lamb […]
New report shows pricing ag emissions will be ‘devastating’ for some communities
A new report released by BusinessNZ shows rural communities like Southland, Waimate, Wairoa and South Taranaki will be “devastated” by agricultural emissions pricing. This underlines why the Government needs to […]
NZ an international outlier by allowing 100 percent of emissions offsetting through forestry
New research has found New Zealand’s policy of allowing fossil fuel emitters to offset all their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by planting trees is at odds with the rest of […]
Final call for Agricultural Production Census
– deadline extended to 23 December 2022 It’s not too late to take part in the 2022 Agricultural Production Census. The deadline for the nationwide census of agriculture has been […]
Economic Week – December 9
by Nick Clark, National Manager General Policy Livestock numbers fall Statistics NZ’s provisional Agricultural Production Statistics for the year to June 2022 show reduced livestock numbers and mostly lower production […]
Government and sector back innovative regional and wool projects
$2.17 million for new food and fibre ventures in Taranaki $2.24m to develop high-value, sustainable cashmere industry $233,000 to prototype an acoustic, knitted textile product from strong wool for high-end […]
Economic Week – December 2
Export forecasts revised up The Ministry for Primary Industries’ Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries’ December 2022 Update has increased its forecasts for primary sector exports for the 2022/23 year. […]
