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White paper addresses succession challenge

Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris speaks at the Primary Industries New Zealand...

White paper addresses succession challenge

More than $150 billion in farming assets in New Zealand will require a succession process in the next decade, Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris says.

Planning business details ‘essential’

CEG Ltd director Tony Marshall spoke about his experiences as a rural accountant and his...

Planning business details ‘essential’

Farm ownership has no right or wrong approach but everything will be great in the beginning, a rural accountant says.

Trust important in three-way equity partnership, farmer says

A topic at a Beef + Lamb New Zealand event in Balclutha was an equity partnership of a sheep and...

Trust important in three-way equity partnership, farmer says

Trust is an important part of a three-way equity partnership in a Strath Taieri sheep and beef farm.

Pooling together in Poolburn

Pooling together in Poolburn

A sheep and beef finishing unit is developing in Central Otago.

Davis joins fellow farmers in scheme to accelerate beef genetic benefits

Central Otago farmer Tim Davis is a new commercial farmer in the Informing New Zealand Beef programme.

Roy honoured for contribution

To get it right for the pigs, the people and the planet, the pork industry needs enough time,...

Roy honoured for contribution

Southland farmer and New Zealand Pork chairman Eric Roy was recognised with the outstanding contribution to primary industries award last week.

Roy honoured for contribution

Roy honoured for contribution

Southland farmer and New Zealand Pork chairman Eric Roy was recognised with the outstanding contribution to primary industries award last week.

Lay of the land

Lay of the land

Beef + Lamb New Zealand research shows prices for farm inputs fell 0.6% in the year to March.

Bull pulls a record price

Bull pulls a record price

Angus bull Fossil Creek Urban U032 AB bellows after being sold for $71,000 at the 25th annual Fossil Creek bull sale in North Otago yesterday.

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Pests impede deer repellent trial

A wild white-tail deer shelters in Stewart Island bush. ZIP operations director Duncan Kay said...

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Pests impede deer repellent trial

Possums are interfering with a trial to find out if white-tail deer avoid bait laced with a deer repellent.

Call for ‘townie’ dogs to be dosed

Maniototo farmer Irene Leask believes some of her sheep are being condemned at the meatworks...

Call for ‘townie’ dogs to be dosed

Manuherikia sheep farmer Irene Leask believes "townie ignorance" is costing her business.

Hoggard: Can’t ‘smash through’ change

Associate Minister for Agriculture and for the Environment Andrew Hoggard at the Croydon Lodge on...

Hoggard: Can’t ‘smash through’ change

Act New Zealand MP Andrew Hoggard visited Gore last week to speak on issues facing local producers, including the conversion of farms to forests, but said changes to the surrounding law were not...

Smithfield buyer’s identity under wraps

Alliance Group is keeping mum about the sale price and identity of the new owner of its closed...

Smithfield buyer’s identity under wraps

The new owner of Alliance Group’s Smithfield meat processing plant site in Timaru could remain unknown for several months until public records go through the Timaru District Council.

Optimism for bull-selling season

Commercial farmers are doing their homework to refresh genetics in the leadup to Canterbury’s...

Optimism for bull-selling season

The next few weeks will tell if high export beef prices and a more upbeat mood rubs off on farmer spending at Canterbury bull sales.

'I’m going to miss it like hell'

Outgoing Silver Fern Farms director Rob Hewett at home on his Manuka Gorge farm. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

‘So proud’ of firm, retiring director says

After 17 years as a director of Silver Fern Farms, and more than 11 of those as chairman, Rob Hewett has officially stepped down.

Game council lauds wapiti application

A wapiti deer in Fiordland National Park. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Game council lauds wapiti application

The New Zealand Game Animal Council says protecting wapiti deer would preserve an unparalleled opportunity for a hunting icon.

Anzco profit down at $8.4m for year to Dec

Anzco Foods chief executive officer Peter Conley is satisfied with a profitable year during...

Anzco profit down at $8.4m for year to Dec

Meat processor and exporter Anzco Foods has weathered another challenging season, posting a lower profit of $8.4 million after tax.

‘Remarkable’ turnaround in lamb prices

Simon Paterson, of Gimmerburn, offered fewer lambs than usual at the Waipiata Saleyards as...

‘Remarkable’ turnaround in lamb prices

Fewer breeding ewes is spiking demand for lambs, a southern agent says.

Deer sector to mark milestone

Dunedin deer delegate . . . New Zealand Deer Farmers Association life member Tony Pearse, of...

Deer sector to mark milestone

No-one should be expecting oysters to be served at the Deer Industry Conference in Queenstown next week.

New CEO to champion FAR

Former Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Dr Scott Champion will take over the leadership of the Foundation for Arable Research (FAR).

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