Farming groups are applauding Environment Canterbury’s decision to grant resource consent to the South Canterbury Hunter Downs irrigation scheme.
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It’s been another mixed bag for Northland farmers this week as the rain band that flooded Southland moved up the country.
Open Country Dairy has fired a broadside at Fonterra’s capital restructuring proposal for farmers to trade shares among themselves.
Fonterra has welcomed a change to the regulations governing milk prices because it will now no longer have to subsidise the cost of milk supplied to its competitors.
The latest March trade surplus shows New Zealand exports topping $4 billion for only the second time on record, much of it thanks to the dairy industry.
MAF has been ordered to go back to the drawing board on pork regulations, after an independent panel found nearly 30 deficiencies in its provisional import health standards for pig meat.
The country’s official drought zone grew substantially last week as parts of Taranaki, Bay of Plenty and Canterbury became eligible for drought relief. Also included are much of Central Otago and Dunedin City.
Agriculture Minister David Carter told the Irrigation New Zealand conference it needs to win the public’s trust if future projects are to succeed.
The Supreme Court will consider if a case brought by GE-Free NZ challenging 4 applications by AgResearch to use GE animals should be heard.
Despite the crippling drought conditions, farmers are feeling more upbeat about the economy, according to the latest survey of confidence in the rural sector.
