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Federated Farmers is standing by its own Manawatu River accord while it delays ratifying a wider, council-led plan.
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A mild spring looks to be on the way as a La Niña weather system takes hold in the Pacific Ocean.
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The fallout from the South Canterbury Finance receivership continues as those indebted to the finance company look for clarity on loan repayments.
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Beef + Lamb New Zealand has teamed up with Olympic cyclist Sarah Walker to give her an edge over her rivals.
Posted: Wednesday, 1 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers isn’t winning any new friends as it persists with its own accord to clean up the polluted Manawatu River.
Posted: Thursday, 2 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prices on Fonterra’s globalDairyTrade auction are up, rising 16.9% to an average of US$3562 per tonne at the latest trading event.
Posted: Thursday, 2 September 2010
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The Government isn’t ruling out selling off South Canterbury Finance to foreign investors, as attention turns to the future of the finance company’s assets.
Posted: Thursday, 2 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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NZ Farming Systems Uruguay's directors have recommended Olam International's takeover bid, which values the dairy farm developer at $171m.
Posted: Friday, 3 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers and Transpower are now one step closer to solving the debate around land access and upgrades to Transpower’s infrastructure.
Posted: Friday, 3 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra has appointed advisors to give the giant dairy co-op specialist expert guidance on the next steps in its capital structure changes.
Posted: Friday, 3 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The new Wool Group set up by Agriculture Minister David Carter to develop a strategic direction for the wool industry has appointed Colin Harvey as its independent chairman.
Posted: Friday, 3 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Much of Christchurch and its surrounding towns remain on the edge - and in lock-down mode - following Saturday’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake. And curfews for public safety remain in place.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
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Dozens of aftershocks, which could last several weeks, are still rocking the area as people cDozens of aftershocksonfront the massive task of cleaning up after New Zealand's most damaging quake since the Napier disaster in 1931.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers says the North Canterbury farming community is coping with the crisis, offering accommodation to the urban homeless through their help line, and also offering generators to farmers whose power has been cut off.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Grain and dairy farmers are the hardest hit by the Canterbury earthquake. Collapsed silos have put thousands of tonnes of milling wheat at risk.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra says an estimated 20% of farms in the affected area are still without power.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers says some rotary milking sheds came off their rollers in the quake and nearly a dozen suffered structural damage.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Donations to relief funds set up to help rebuild in Canterbury are rolling in.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Transpower says its payments to some Otago landowners for disruption during a lines upgrade will not lead to widespread compensation.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Citrus growers have voted against a levy on mandarins being increased next year to 1c a kilogram.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Manawatu dairy farmers Keith and Kim Riley are celebrating their win at the Horizons Balance Farm Environment Awards.
Posted: Monday, 6 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Receivers for South Canterbury Finance will update borrowers this week on their funding arrangements.
Posted: Tuesday, 7 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers in the Tararua district of the lower North Island are beginning a clean-up of their own following heavy rain and flooding in the region.
Posted: Tuesday, 7 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The recovery from Christchurch’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Saturday is continuing, and in rural Canterbury damage reports on infrastructure are still emerging.
Posted: Tuesday, 7 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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While early estimates put the total bill for the earthquake at more than $2b, the cost to Canterbury’s grain farmers could have been crippling.
Posted: Wednesday, 8 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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In other news, Federated Farmers Tararua executive and Fonterra have met to evaluate the damage from flooding earlier this week.
Posted: Wednesday, 8 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prime Minister John Key has visited some of the areas worst affected by the quake around Kaiapoi and Darfield.
Posted: Wednesday, 8 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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MAF estimates as many as 150 Canterbury farms have been severely damaged by Saturday’s earthquake, and a further 250 need repairs.
Posted: Wednesday, 8 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Sheep and beef farmers are being urged to have their say on the strategy aimed at revitalising the red meat sector.
Posted: Thursday, 9 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Natural Dairy New Zealand has shelved its plans for a $1.5b investment in dairy infrastructure here, terminating its agreement with controversial businesswoman May Wang.
Posted: Thursday, 9 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The New Zealand Stock Exchange is set to introduce a much delayed dairy futures market in a month’s time.
Posted: Thursday, 9 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The state of emergency in Christchurch has been extended until next Wednesday as aftershocks continue to shake the region.
Posted: Thursday, 9 September 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fertiliser company Ravensdown is counting what might have been in a $27m before tax profit for the last year.
Posted: Monday, 2 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The country’s largest fertiliser manufacturer, Ballance Agri-Nutrients, has announced a $21m profit for the financial year.
Posted: Monday, 2 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Last week was National Bee Week around New Zealand, and to mark the occasion the National Beekeeping Association presented Auckland Mayor John Banks with his very own honey-making hive.
Posted: Monday, 2 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Agriculture Minister David Carter is dismissing controversy over the practice of induction in dairy cattle.
Posted: Monday, 2 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia kicks in this month, and market watchers are playing up the opportunity for New Zealand business.
Posted: Tuesday, 3 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Dairy has led the way in a month of falling commodity prices according to the ANZ Commodity Price Index for July.
Posted: Tuesday, 3 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers in Bay of Plenty are being told to keep a close eye on river levels as heavy rain continues to pound the region.
Posted: Tuesday, 3 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prices on Fonterra's latest globalDairyTrade auction fell for the fourth month in a row, dropping an average 8.3%.
Posted: Wednesday, 4 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra will have to keep supplying its competitors with milk for another decade under an extension of the terms of the Dairy Industry Regulation Act.
Posted: Wednesday, 4 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is welcoming the Government’s decision to regulate mobile termination access services.
Posted: Thursday, 5 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Horticulture New Zealand’s annual conference kicked off on Wednesday, with the focus on how to grow the industry’s export profits.
Posted: Thursday, 5 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ZESPRI chairman Lain Jager is ducking controversy around a resolution at its upcoming AGM.
Posted: Thursday, 5 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra is to review its payout forecast for the upcoming season as the rising kiwi dollar and falling dairy prices put pressure on its margins.
Posted: Thursday, 5 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The rural workforce has bucked the trend in the latest unemployment figures announced by the Government this week.
Posted: Friday, 6 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra has launched another initiative in its ongoing battle with effluent compliance – and it plans to visit every one of its suppliers to check their systems.
Posted: Friday, 6 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Embattled dairy farmer Allan Crafar has failed in his latest bid to take back his farms from receivers KordaMentha.
Posted: Friday, 6 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Hawke’s Bay grower Gareth Holder has been crowned 2010 Young Grower of the Year at Horticulture New Zealand’s national conference in Auckland.
Posted: Friday, 6 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Grain industry leaders are playing down the significance of a Russian ban on grain exports for the rest of the year following devastating drought and fires in the country.
Posted: Monday, 9 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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PGG Wrightson has received a boost from the market ahead of its full year financial result announcement on Friday.
Posted: Monday, 9 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Labour Party’s new agriculture spokesman Damien O’Connor has taken the portfolio from Jim Anderton at a turbulent time.
Posted: Monday, 9 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Horticulture New Zealand may face big changes to its funding after commercial fruit growers rejected a levy increase at the annual meeting last week.
Posted: Monday, 9 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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DairyNZ is warning farmers to take care feeding palm kernel to pre-calving cows to avoid the risk of milk fever.
Posted: Tuesday, 10 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is standing firm on its decision not to sign an accord to improve water standards in the Manawatu River.
Posted: Tuesday, 10 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The effects of the impending Emissions Trading Scheme has sparked debate across the country among farmers and non farmers alike.
Posted: Tuesday, 10 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The worst-kept secret in New Zealand trade has been confirmed – our apples will be allowed into Australia by order of the World Trade Organisation.
Posted: Tuesday, 10 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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An Auckland scientist has been sentenced to four months community detention and 120 hours community service for misleading bio-security officials over the importation of a predatory insect.
Posted: Wednesday, 11 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Olam International will look to New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay shareholders to address the company’s funding shortfall if its takeover bid succeeds.
Posted: Wednesday, 11 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Last week members of Horticulture New Zealand voted down a resolution to increase the levy fruit growers pay to the organisation.
Posted: Wednesday, 11 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Apple industry leaders aren’t worried by a last ditch Australian appeal to stop New Zealand apples being exported across the Tasman.
Posted: Wednesday, 11 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance is warning investors to seek professional advice before accepting any cut-rate offers on their securities.
Posted: Thursday, 12 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmer confidence has risen for the fourth straight quarter in the latest Rabobank survey.
Posted: Thursday, 12 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Meat Sector Strategy Group is adamant it won’t be going over old ground in its upcoming review of the sheep and beef sectors.
Posted: Thursday, 12 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra is standing firm in the face of another Chinese milk powder controversy, nearly two years after the Sanlu melamine scandal erupted.
Posted: Thursday, 12 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fruit and vegetable marketer Turners & Growers has announced a $10.1m pre-tax profit for the six months to June 30, and is forecasting an annual return in the black as well.
Posted: Friday, 13 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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PGG Wrightson has kept to its own forecast, and announced a $23.3m net profit for the year to June.
Posted: Friday, 13 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The woes of Allied Farmers continue, with the company announcing a further writedown in the value of assets acquired from the Hanover group of finance companies.
Posted: Friday, 13 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The meat industry could be poised for a major shake-up this week as three key players signal a possible pooling of resources.
Posted: Monday, 16 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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DairyNZ launched the latest part of its Go Dairy campaign over the weekend, appealing to New Zealanders to take some pride in our largest export industry.
Posted: Monday, 16 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Eastern Bay of Plenty farmers are counting the cost and cursing the timing of heavy rain over the weekend, which caught many in the middle of calving.
Posted: Monday, 16 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has scored a victory in its ongoing battle with Turners & Growers, after the High Court ruled it won’t hear Turners’ case next year.
Posted: Monday, 16 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Turners & Growers isn’t giving up in its fight with kiwifruit marketer Zespri, confirming it will lodge an appeal over a High Court decision last week.
Posted: Tuesday, 17 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government, Silver Fern Farms, PGG Wrightson and Landcorp have announced a $150m rescue package for our red meat industry.
Posted: Tuesday, 17 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Olam International is considering its next move after its takeover offer for New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay was trumped by a new local player.
Posted: Tuesday, 17 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The world’s emerging markets hold the most opportunity for red meat sector growth according a new report by Rabobank.
Posted: Wednesday, 18 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Controversial dairy company Natural Dairy Holdings Ltd has spared no expense in its latest attempt to win over the New Zealand public.
Posted: Wednesday, 18 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The dairy sector will get major funding support through the Primary Growth Partnership, with the creation of a $170m research programme.
Posted: Wednesday, 18 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The meat sector is in for a major shakeup, with industry and public money being put towards a new consumer-focused scheme.
Posted: Wednesday, 18 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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There’s more good news for PGG Wrightson this week, with the company’s finance arm posting a net profit of $8.9m.
Posted: Thursday, 19 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Meat processor Affco is advising shareholders to reject a 37-cents-a-share takeover offer from food company Talley’s.
Posted: Thursday, 19 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Over 400 kiwifruit growers from around the country gathered in Tauranga on Wednesday for export giant Zespri’s Annual General Meeting.
Posted: Thursday, 19 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new report from KPMG suggests New Zealanders have no reason to fear foreign investment in farming, nor should there be any change to overseas investment rules.
Posted: Thursday, 19 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance has had its credit rating slashed two levels from B- to CC by Standard & Poor’s.
Posted: Monday, 23 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new nationwide campaign is being launched this week aiming to stop the sale of New Zealand land to foreigners.
Save The Farms is being funded by a group of Auckland businessmen and is running a series of newspapers ads urging the public to get behind the movement.
Posted: Monday, 23 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra has eased fear of lower returns next season, holding it forecast payout range between $6.90 and $7.10.
Many pundits saw the dairy giant’s forecast review earlier this month as an underhand announcement it was lowering the payout.
Posted: Monday, 23 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Dairy farming will be included as a controlled activity in Horizons Regional Council’s One Plan, but other types of farming and horticulture have been left out.
Posted: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allan Crafar has won a temporary reprieve from the legal challenge to evict he and his family from their Reporoa farmhouse.
Posted: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A nationwide campaign pushing for a ban on sales of our farm land to foreigners hit newspapers around the country on Monday.
Posted: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay is urging shareholders to sit tight on takeover offers as the bidding war for the company heats up.
Posted: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is welcoming Horizons Regional Council’s new One Plan with cautious optimism.
Posted: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra chairman Sir Henry van der Heyden is calling on the Government to bring forward its review of the Dairy Industry Regulation Act, which forces the co-op to supply competitors with raw milk.
Posted: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Olam International has raised the stakes on New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay again, upping its takeover offer for the company from 55 cents to 70.
Posted: Wednesday, 25 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Health Minister Tony Ryall says rural areas are getting the help they need to continue providing core services.
Posted: Thursday, 26 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Olam International is one step closer to a takeover of New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay – the sale has been granted Overseas Investment Office approval.
Posted: Thursday, 26 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Foresters around the country are having their questions answered as their Emissions Trading Scheme deadline looms.
Posted: Thursday, 26 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allied Farmers is renegotiating its debt repayments with Westpac following the receivership of its subsidiary Allied Nationwide Finance.
Posted: Thursday, 26 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fertiliser giants Ravensdown and Ballance-Agri-Nutrients are fighting out a patent dispute in the Auckland High Court in a potential anti-monopoly case.
Posted: Friday, 27 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The nation’s best young butchers gathered in Auckland this week to showcase their slicing, dicing, and mincing skills and hopefully be crowned New Zealand’s Young Butcher of the Year.
Posted: Friday, 27 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government is copping flak from all directions over its latest move on the rural broadband service.
Posted: Friday, 27 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Investors who placed their money with Timaru businessman Allan Hubbard have been told they may lose their investments, after statutory managers Grant Thornton found they had been overvalued.
Posted: Friday, 27 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The leaders of a movement to halt the sale of New Zealand farmland to foreigners may have to eat their words as its internet campaign fails to attract support.
Posted: Monday, 30 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay isn’t jumping to any conclusions despite a key bidder pulling out of the takeover race on Friday.
Posted: Monday, 30 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The future of South Canterbury Finance hangs in the balance as the company fights to find new capital and stave off receivership.
Posted: Monday, 30 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allied Farmers has been granted a waiver by NZX after it couldn’t provide an unaudited full-year result in the wake of the Allied Nationwide Finance receivership.
Posted: Tuesday, 31 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The latest National Bank business outlook survey paints an increasingly worrying economic picture in the face of some promising export numbers.
Posted: Tuesday, 31 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance is in receivership after a last-ditch attempt at recapitalisation failed.
Posted: Tuesday, 31 August 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allied Farmers relationship with Hanover Finance has collapsed and legal action will shortly begin.
Posted: Thursday, 1 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers has surprised the telecommunications industry by placing a bid for the Government’s $300m rural broadband initiative.
Posted: Thursday, 1 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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After years of discussion and debate, the Emissions Trading Scheme finally comes into effect today.
Posted: Thursday, 1 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers and industry groups alike are lauding the vote approving the Trading Among Farmers scheme.
Posted: Thursday, 1 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand commodity prices have fallen for the first time in 15 months according to the ANZ Commodity Price Index, and dairy is to blame.
Posted: Friday, 2 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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There's fresh hope of getting some unity in the wool industry, now an agreement has been reached on forming a new umbrella body.
Posted: Friday, 2 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Bumper harvests in recent years may have created tough conditions for wine growers with an oversupply of product, but for Kiwi’s who enjoy a tipple it ‘s never been sweeter.
Posted: Friday, 2 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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It’s been a busy week for Fonterra as its landmark Trading Among Farmers proposal was given the green light by shareholders.
Posted: Friday, 2 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Each year Fonterra-owned ice cream company Tip Top produces more than 40 million litres of ice cream, using 6 million litres of milk and 4 million litres of cream in the process.
Posted: Monday, 5 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 2nd of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 5 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers opposed the introduction of the Emissions Trading Scheme until the eleventh hour, now it’s pushing for harder, faster scrutiny of it.
Posted: Monday, 5 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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State-owned farm company Landcorp has met again to decide whether to bid for 16 farms from the Crafar empire being sold by receivers.
Posted: Monday, 5 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A survey commissioned by the Green Party suggests horticulture growers are being treated unfairly by New Zealand’s major supermarket brands.
Posted: Tuesday, 6 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prime Minister John Key is continuing free trade talks in South Korea in a bid to revive negotiations started last year.
Posted: Tuesday, 6 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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State-owned farming company Landcorp has confirmed it will bid for the Crafar family farms, and may do so with a private partner.
Posted: Tuesday, 6 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 5th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 6 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Nelson herb farm is moving to the forefront of aquaponic technology in New Zealand, using fish to help grow its products.
Posted: Wednesday, 7 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers in the eastern North Island are on high alert as heavy rain continues to pound the region.
Posted: Wednesday, 7 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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To the day’s other news now and milk solid prices on Fonterra’s globalDairyTrade auction have dropped for the third month in a row.
Posted: Wednesday, 7 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Tenders for the 16 Crafar family farms being offered by receivers has closed.
Posted: Wednesday, 7 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 6th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 7 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 7th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Thursday, 8 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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400 new pests and organisms into New Zealand every year is too many, according to Labour’s Biosecurity spokesman Damien O’Connor, and is an accident waiting to happen for our economy.
Posted: Friday, 9 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance has appointed four new senior managers, including one from failed finance company Hanover.
Posted: Friday, 9 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Crafar family's last minute attempt to block the sale of their 16 central North Island farms has failed.
Posted: Friday, 9 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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North Otago farm consultant Grant McNaughton has been crowned New Zealand’s Young Farmer of the Year for 2010.
Posted: Monday, 12 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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And it’s been revealed Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed company looking to buy the Crafar family farms, previously sounded out Waikato dairy co-operative Tatua about a milk supply arrangement.
Posted: Monday, 12 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allan Crafar's court bid to block the sale of his farms may have failed, but the beleaguered farmer says he’ll continue to seek damages from receiver KordaMentha for mismanagement of his properties.
Posted: Monday, 12 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Ousted Guinness Peat Group boss Tony Gibbs will stay in his role as chairman of produce marketer Turners & Growers.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Soil & Health Association is concerned crown forest research institute Scion is treating a pending GE research project as a fait accompli.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra’s general manager for sustainable production John Hutchings says the co-operative’s Achilles heel of effluent compliance looks to be strengthening.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Food prices have posted their biggest annual decline since 1957 according to figures released by Statistics New Zealand.
Posted: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The fortunes of South Canterbury Finance boss Allan Hubbard have taken another dive as a ninth company associated with the Timaru businessman is placed under statutory management.
Posted: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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State-owned farming company Landcorp is out of the running to buy the 16 Crafar family dairy farms in receivership.
Posted: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Crown forestry research institute Scion has hit back at allegations of collusion with the Environmental Risk Management Association.
Posted: Thursday, 15 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Embattled dairy farmer Allan Crafar is still insisting his farms won't be sold.
Posted: Thursday, 15 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Changes to ACC laws will soon see businesses rewarded for low accident rates.
Posted: Thursday, 15 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The departing head of the Meat Industry Action Group has fired a parting shot at the sector.
Posted: Friday, 16 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The operators of two dairy farms have been fined a total of $40,000 for effluent leaks into the Lake Rotorua catchment.
Posted: Friday, 16 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Silver Fern Farms chief executive Keith Cooper says the meat industry could do worse than reconsider the benefits of a merger.
Posted: Friday, 16 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Freezing works may be among the country’s most dangerous workplaces, but a key industry figure says the Government’s discounts on ACC levies will have little impact on the sector.
Posted: Friday, 16 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government has won support from at least one quarter as its controversial expansion of workplace probation laws draws protests.
Posted: Monday, 19 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farms sales have stayed in the doldrums according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand.
Posted: Monday, 19 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Natural Dairy New Zealand should know within 50 working days if it will be allowed to buy the 16 Crafar family farms in the central North Island.
Posted: Monday, 19 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Singapore company Olam International has placed a takeover bid with PGG Wrightson for New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay.
Posted: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Synlait's announcement of an $82 million deal with Chinese dairy company Bright Dairy has some worried Canterbury's delicate water systems will be pushed to breaking point.
Posted: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Canterbury-based milk processor Synlait has announced the sale of a majority stake in its production arm, Synlait Milk, to Chinese dairy giant Bright Dairy & Food Company.
Posted: Tuesday, 20 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Turners & Growers has opened its case against kiwifruit marketer ZESPRI with a bang, as the feud between the two reaches the High Court in Auckland.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Business commentators have been quick to bemoan the country’s capital markets sector in the wake of Synlait-Bright deal, but at least one onlooker can see the upside.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The dying wish of Meat & Wool New Zealand may have been granted, as its successor leads the way on a new strategy for the meat sector.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Labour MP Damien O’Connor has taken on the role of Opposition spokesman for Agriculture.
Posted: Thursday, 22 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Waipawa shearer Cam Ferguson is on top of the shearing world, taking line honours in the machine section at the World Shearing and Wool handling Championships in Wales.
Posted: Thursday, 22 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Applications to use water from the Hurunui River in North Canterbury have been put on hold until wider water management issues in the province can be resolved.
Posted: Thursday, 22 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update for Wednesday the 21th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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Posted: Thursday, 22 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday 22nd of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Country99TV is a subscriber channel on SkyTV, which focusses on providing interesting, relevant information and entertainment to farmers and the rural community in New Zealand. For more information go to www.country99tv.co.nz
Posted: Friday, 23 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Outgoing Fonterra Shareholders’ Council chair Blue Read says he feels a little guilty at the timing of his departure.
Posted: Friday, 23 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government’s moratorium on water use applications for the Hurunui River continues to win widespread support, but it’s not having it all its own way.
Posted: Friday, 23 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Professional services firm KPMG is warning that agriculture isn’t immune from fraudsters despite coming out clean in a recent survey.
Posted: Friday, 23 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Fonterra Shareholders’ Council Chairman Simon Couper knows he has a tough act to follow replacing the departing Blue Read.
Posted: Monday, 26 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The saga of the kiwifruit industry continues, as another industry group enters the fray.
Posted: Monday, 26 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday 23rd of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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Posted: Tuesday, 27 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday 26th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday 26th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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Posted: Tuesday, 27 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is calling on the Reserve Bank to hold the Official Cash Rate at 2.75% as farmer confidence takes a dive in its latest survey.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Green Party has drafted a bill to block any more New Zealand land falling into foreign hands.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Embattled dairy farmer Allan Crafar is back in court, this time in Rotorua, to force receivers KordaMentha to hand over documents relating to his farms.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday 27th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday 27th of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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Posted: Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers’ grain and seed arm isn’t raising any eyebrows over a MAF monitoring report that paints a bleak picture of the arable sector.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Waikato dairy farmers will face even closer scrutiny this season as the Environment Waikato gets tough on effluent compliance rules.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Controversial businesswoman May Wang, the woman behind Natural Dairy NZ's bid for the Crafar farms, has been granted a reprieve at her latest court appearance.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government has pushed back plans to announce changes in overseas investment rules as uncertainty reigns over the level of foreign investment here.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New regulations around air gun use are being met with widespread approval.
The Government has announced law changes that will require owners of high-powered air rifles to hold a firearms licence.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday 28 of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday 28 of July with Rural Economist James Shortall.
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Posted: Thursday, 29 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers isn’t letting up in its campaign against the Emissions Trading Scheme, this time taking aim at the threat of carbon forestry to our sheep and beef industry.
Posted: Thursday, 29 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A leak out of the Pork Industry Board has revealed pig farmers were advised to deliberately flout the Official Information Act to avoid public scrutiny.
Posted: Thursday, 29 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard has done what most pundits were picking and raised the Official Cash Rate 25 basis points to 3%.
Posted: Thursday, 29 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Quad bikes are one of the most useful farming tools available, but sadly, also one of the biggest contributors to injuries and accidents.
Posted: Thursday, 29 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ACT Party agriculture spokesman David Garrett is weighing in on the farming and foreign ownership debate, taking aim at the Green Party.
Posted: Friday, 30 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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MAF will on Monday begin a new scheme aimed at bobby calf welfare.
Posted: Friday, 30 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Pork Industry Board has set up a new welfare audit system for pig farms as it moves to quell criticism over its advice to farmers to keep any welfare breaches secret.
Posted: Friday, 30 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Northland stock and station agent seeking compensation for lost business has had his application denied by the Government.
Posted: Friday, 30 July 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday the 24th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The council's latest figures on compliance show that 94% of dairy farms in the Auckland area met environmental standards in the year to June, up from 77% last season.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Agriculture Minister David Carter will investigate complaints that MAF staff have been intimidating dairy farmers in Southland during random animal welfare farm checks.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Finance Minister Bill English says that four successive quarters of growth is a welcome sign the economy is continuing to recover – but he warns the economy still faces serious challenges.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Global dairy prices are expected to fall as world supply builds and demand growth slows – but it won’t happen quickly according to the latest dairy industry analysis.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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More than 600 of Allan Hubbard’s loyal supporters rallied in downtown Timaru on Friday and hundreds more continue to support two Facebook campaigns as Hubbard supporters come forward to defend the embattled South Island multimillionaire.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The battle against Bovine Tuberculosis is being waged across the country with rigorous testing and monitoring schemes at the heart of winning the war against the disease.
Posted: Friday, 25 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 25th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The founder and chair of the meat exporter ANZCO has won the Federated Farmers’ agribusiness person of the year award.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Beekeepers will discuss the latest developments in authenticating honey and other bee products as their national conferences launches in Nelson this week.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Mexico plans to eliminate a 20% tariff on kiwifruit imports from New Zealand.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A multibillion-dollar global investment fund of America’s Harvard University is poised to buy the Big Sky Dairy Farm in Central Otago for $28 million.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Negotiations for a regional free trade deal, which would include the United States, have hit a snag which could cost New Zealand dairy farmers free access to the world's biggest market.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Federated Farmers National Conference last week threw up some fairly big surprises, none more so than the controversy surrounding farmers’ accusations of bullying tactics by Ministry of Agriculture Officials in Southland.
Posted: Monday, 28 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra’s capital restructuring plan goes to the vote on Wednesday, with farmers set to decide the future of New Zealand’s largest company.
Posted: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Federated Farmers recent AGM kicked off in Invercargill with special sessions for both the Meat and Fibre sector and the Dairy Board.
Posted: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The woman fronting a bid by a Chinese company to buy the Crafar farms has made a deal she hopes will stave off bankruptcy.
Posted: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 28th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prime Minister John Key is warning power companies not to use the Emissions Trading Scheme as an excuse to hike power prices on consumers.
Posted: Tuesday, 29 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 29th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 30 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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With a high-profile new backer on board Genesis Research is about to get back to business – even if that means shifting its focus.
Posted: Wednesday, 30 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Southland Regional Council is confident it’s proposed code of practice for bovine tuberculosis testing will rid the province of the disease for a second time.
Posted: Wednesday, 30 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The plenary day of the Federated Farmers Annual Conference was an epic one, as industry leaders chewed the fat on the future of farming.
Posted: Wednesday, 30 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra farmers have voted in the co-operative's Trading Among Farmers (TAF) proposal with a resounding 89.85% support.
Posted: Wednesday, 30 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 31st of May with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The varroa bee mite is on the march south, with the latest reports revealing infected hives now in Queenstown and Central Otago.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The dairy farmer cooperative Livestock Improvement is now looking beyond the dairy cow.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee is looking into indoor housing for dairy cows so it can draw up guidelines.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new dairy company hopes to begin processing milk powder at its first plant in South Waikato from August next year.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Westland Milk Products is taking a cautious approach to its forecast opening payout for the new dairy season, well below what Fonterra’s announced.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A South Auckland poultry farmer has just served the first week of a year-long jail sentence for allowing thousands of his birds to suffer in cruel and inhumane conditions.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand and Russia are talking turkey about the possibility of a free trade agreement.
Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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You’ll soon be able to bite into New Zealand’s newest apple – a miniature sweet red variety called Rockit.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is calling for a study to provide more data on the country’s sharemilking numbers after a slow season for the industry.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is seeking expressions of interest from the New Zealand rural sector as part of its new global focus on rural investments.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Dairy NZ is crunching the numbers on the total cost to farmers in the Waikato, arising from the summer’s record drought.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New commercial slaughter standards introduced on Friday for New Zealand’s meat producers now means a blanket law covers the entire industry.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
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The latest Rabobank Agri Commodities report showing how key price movements in international markets affect our primary producers, confirms that both wheat and corn are enjoying mixed fortunes, with a weak New Zealand dollar and global surpluses in wheat pointing to a fairly stable outlook for the next quarter.
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Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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World milk powder prices dipped slightly at Fonterra’s global auction overnight.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 1st of June with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Wednesday, 2 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 2nd of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand commodity prices have rocketed by almost a third in the last year, with a major index hitting a record high in May.
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Agriculture Minister David Carter says he’s not worried about the threat of political action by farmers .
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new Government-backed push into the US wants to build a super premium wine category for New Zealand’s billion-dollar export industry.
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers says the cost for the sheep and beef sector alone would consume the profit from more than 4.5 million lambs.
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Fonterra Shareholders’ Council says the dairy co-op’s Trading Among Farmers proposal will be put to the vote at a special meeting of shareholders on June 30th.
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Central Plains Water Company, which has just granted 31 consents for a large-scale irrigation scheme in Canterbury, hopes to get water to the first farms within the next two years.
Posted: Thursday, 3 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday the 3rd of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Animal Health Board says someone is deliberately destroying signs warning people about the presence of 1080 poison in Westland.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new research project aims to save the forest industry $100 million over the next eight years.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New technology developed at Victoria University designed to help dairy farmers deal with effluent issues is set to be field tested in a trial at the Taylor Preston meat company in Wellington.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A bacon retailer in Bulls says New Zealanders need to get behind domestic pork products, or risk losing the industry.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Feed shortages caused by the drought appear to have triggered a new sort of theft on farms in Waikato.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allied Farmers is due to pay Richlisters Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin another $5 million by the end of June.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The receivers for the Crafar dairy empire get their day in court next month.
Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 4th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The farmer behind one of New Zealand’s biggest and most controversial receivership sales is preparing his strategy for a Rotorua court appearance looming next month aimed at evicting him from the place he’s called home for years.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
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Federated Farmers is hailing Tom Henderson’s appointment as an Officer of The New Zealand Order of Merit a great recognition for one of Federated Farmers most senior members and the ‘Sir Bill Hamilton’ of modern water storage.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Meatworkers Union says a dispute at an AFFCO plant at Wairoa will be taken to the Employment Authority.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Hand-selected New Zealand bumblebees waiting to be sent to Britain on a pollination "rescue mission" have died in captivity.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The manuka honey industry appears to have resolved a conflict over labelling and testing standards.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Hamilton agritech company has won a global design award at the 2010 Australian International Design Awards in Sydney on Friday.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A proposed draft welfare code that governs how goats are treated in New Zealand has angered animal welfare campaigners.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The High Court will rule on whether UBNZ Assets Holdings requires Overseas Investment Office approval to buy 16 farms from the receivers of Crafar Farms.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand's key export earners - tourism and dairying - are headed for "a terrible collision" as a result of economic mismanagement, Green Party co-leader Russel Norman says.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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After a year of interest rates resting at record lows, the Reserve Bank is expected to begin raising rates later this week.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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More than 200,000 NZUs – that’s domestic units for greenhouse gas emissions - are reported to have traded on the local market as participants gear up for July 1 when utilities, industrials and the transport sector are brought into trading market under the emissions trading scheme.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Whether agriculture comes into the emissions trading scheme (ETS) in 2015 or not will depend on technological advances and what other countries do, according to Climate Change Minister Nick Smith.
Posted: Tuesday, 8 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance owner Allan Hubbard hopes to find a new partner-shareholder for the company by the end of August.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Rural butchers say forcing them to stun animals before they ‘re slaughtered is unnecessary and costly.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The heavy rains have put a dampener on wool sales.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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As temperatures around the country plummet, a North Otago farmer representative says the region's had more rain than it can handle and he'd like the tap turned off for a while.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Oyster Bay Marlborough Vineyards is reviewing its capital structure after two years of lower grape prices.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The welfare of goats is under the spotlight with submissions closing Friday on a proposed draft welfare code governing how goats are treated in New Zealand.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A 53-year-old Canterbury farmer has been found guilty of 14 charges of threatening to kill or cause grievous bodily harm to the Prime Minister and government officials.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Defamation proceedings against Environment Minister Nick Smith are due to begin at the High Court in Auckland on Wednesday.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 8th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 9 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Taranaki man who advocates more carbon farming says there's a solid case to be made for converting unprofitable hill-country sheep farms to forestry.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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As more and more farmers walk down the path towards cleaner and greener farming, alternative farming practices are being explored and adopted.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The agriculture sector says it hasn’t been given enough time for consultation over draft regulations for agriculture in the Emissions Trading Scheme.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Environment Minister Nick Smith says he’s "delighted" a $14 million defamation lawsuit against him was settled out of court on Wednesday.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra, the world's biggest exporter of dairy products, will add a second online milk powder auction each month and add new items to the sale, including buttermilk powder.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Reserve Bank has lifted the Official Cash Rate up 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 9th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday the 10th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Residents of Mapua in Nelson will get free medical check-ups following a clean-up of the town’s former pesticide plant.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Small farm dams are likely to be left out of dam safety regulations proposed by the Government following an independent review.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The future of a Hawke's Bay winery hangs in the balance as creditors claim they’re owed $565,000.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The fight against bovine tuberculosis is being waged across the country, with possum and pest control at the heart of keeping the disease under control.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Textile New Zealand says its first trade delegation to Moscow has returned brimming with confidence over the future of the wool trade with Russia.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allegations about politicians using public money to bankroll private pleasures include some of New Zealand’s agricultural representatives.
Posted: Friday, 11 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Accolades go to a Central Hawke's Bay shearer who’s won a major title in England in the build up to next month's World Championships in Wales.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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There are plenty of tired but happy dogs and their farmers recuperating around the country as the national and South Island sheep dog trials wrapped up in Gore on the weekend.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers may soon be able to shoot Canada Geese year round, without seeking permission from Fish & Game.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Lower prices for meat, poultry and fish and fruit and vegetables have seen New Zealand food prices drop for the first time in almost six years.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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International talks to secure a free trade deal with the United States resume Tuesday.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Two farmer co-operatives have decided not to join forces.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The New Zealand wine industry continues to reel from the effects of its record bumper grape crop in 2008.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Environment Minister Nick Smith says people in Canterbury need to give Government-appointed commissioners a chance to address the region's water problems.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra shareholders head to the polls on June 30th.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Nelson-based Talley’s Group appears to be making a full takeover bid for meat processor Affco Holdings.
Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 14th of June with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Biosecurity officials have given up the fight against a highly invasive marine pest that has the potential to smother native species and disrupt marine farming.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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One Hamilton dairy farmer has dreamed up an invention that could change the soft drink industry at his farm in Te Aroha.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Tens of thousands of visitors are heading to Mystery Creek near Hamilton for the opening of the National Agricultural Field Days Wednesday.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Chinese businesswoman behind the buy-up of the Crafar dairy empire has made two court appearances this week over failed business dealings.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allied Farmers has been awarded $6 million after a United States court ruling over a long-running dispute with property developer Mark Cooper.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Silver Fern Farms, the country's biggest meat processor and exporter, plans to close its lamb cutting and its rendering and casings operations in Christchurch because not enough animals are being slaughtered.
Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Posted: Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 15th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A farmer is killed every 28 days in farming accidents in New Zealand while a farmer or agricultural worker is injured every half hour.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Five people have been arrested near Hokitika on the West Coast after a protest against a 1080 operation on Tuesday.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The next time you're in your local shop, keep an eye out for US supermarket guru Phil Lampert.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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Silver Fern Farms is paying more attention to its number two export market – China – after announcing it’s cutting up to 174 jobs at two Christchurch meat plants – the Canterbury lamb cutting plant and the rendering and casings departments at its Belfast plant.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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AgResearch’s former CEO Dr. Andrew West has a new job.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A world-first GE discovery by New Zealand scientists could lead to more productive farms and reduced greenhouse gases by up to 10%.
Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010
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Zespri says it’s set to release three new varieties of kiwifruit for commercialization this winter.
Posted: Thursday, 17 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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With the introduction of the controversial and costly Emissions Trading Scheme only two weeks away, this year’s Fieldays has proved a flashpoint with farmers and government officials coming head to head.
Posted: Thursday, 17 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Dairy income is tipped to rocket over the next year, earning New Zealand an extra $2.3 billion.
Posted: Thursday, 17 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra’s 10,500 farmer shareholders will be able to cast their vote online during the voting period this month for capital structure constitutional changes known as Trading Among Farmers.
Posted: Thursday, 17 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The 42nd New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays is off to a cracker start, with huge crowds enjoying all the sights and sounds under hot, sunny skies.
Posted: Thursday, 17 June 2010
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Posted: Thursday, 17 June 2010
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Women wanting to join the leadership ranks in the rural industry can now work with a new group – the Agriwomen’s Development Trust.
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Southland Regional Council is blaming its first case in two years of a cow infected with bovine tuberculosis, on a policy that allows cows to be imported into the province.
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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It’s often said that if New Zealand is to remain a leader in world agriculture, it has to continually think – and perform - outside the square to become more efficient.
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010
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New Zealand’s largest horticultural exporter wants to triple export earnings with the help of the country’s 3,500 kiwifruit growers, to $3 billion by 2025, primarily through productivity gains.
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A delegation of dairy representatives from the USA’s state of Missouri has just left our shores, following a whirlwind mission to learn more about the way our farming systems work.
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday the 17th of June with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Friday, 18 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Organisers of the National Agricultural Fieldays, which wrapped up at Mystery Creek on Saturday, say the strong turnout over the four days reflects a growing optimism in the rural sector.
Posted: Monday, 21 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The latest real estate figures show farms are struggling to sell despite buyer interest being high and properties being available.
Posted: Monday, 21 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A critical shortage of high-quality manuka honey is leaving exporters struggling to fill orders, and hitting beekeepers in the pocket.
Posted: Monday, 21 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Ministry of Agriculture says there are no grounds to prosecute Plant & Food Research, after its investigation into possible containment breaches of a genetically modified plant.
Posted: Monday, 21 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Shock waves are reverberating around the country following Commerce Minister Simon Power’s announcement on Sunday that South Canterbury’s business couple Allan and Margaret Hubbard’s company, Aorangi Securities – and its 7 associated charitable trusts – are now under statutory management.
Posted: Monday, 21 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 18th of June with Rural Economist James Shortall
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Posted: Monday, 21 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 21st of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Growers in the Bay of Plenty are reporting an excellent kiwifruit harvest this year.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The businesswoman who wants to buy the Crafar farms has been given another week to reach a deal with the creditors of her failed hotel company to avoid bankruptcy.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand wool companies will have the chance to put the royal seal of approval on their products as part of a campaign spearheaded by Prince Charles.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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You are what you eat the saying goes – but do we really know what we’re eating?
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The fallout from the Government move on South Island millionaire Allan Hubbard has forced the $1 billion South Canterbury Finance to halt its call for funds.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Increasing on-farm efficiency was one of the most sought-after goals for farmers at this year’s National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government is going to be a “good neighbour” and play its part in eradicating weed and pest problems on its properties.
Posted: Tuesday, 22 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Standard & Poor's has downgraded the credit rating of South Canterbury Finance in the wake of businessman Allan Hubbard's troubles.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Feilding-based company has won Irrigation New Zealand's inaugural innovation award for its clever water-saving irrigation system.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Former sawmill workers in Whakatane exposed to cancer-causing chemicals will be offered support by the Ministry of Health.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Trade Minister Tim Groser hopes a meeting in Canberra will reach a deal on freeing up overseas investment rules between New Zealand and Australia.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Federated Farmers 2010 National Conference kicked off in Invercargill with a strong turnout from farmers across the country.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers president Don Nicolson says the Emissions Trading Scheme will impose unfair extra costs on the agriculture industry, and the law will not last the test of time.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 22nd of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 23 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 23rd of June with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Thursday, 24 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Government-appointed commissioners are now busy running Environment Canterbury and determining the region’s
Posted: Thursday, 24 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Maori trust is planning a new cheese processing plant in the central North Island.
Posted: Thursday, 24 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Work is underway at the site of a new Maori-owned milk powder plant in the central North Island.
Posted: Thursday, 24 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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American dairy interests are lobbying against Fonterra's proposal to allow share trading among its farmer shareholders.
Posted: Thursday, 24 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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State-owned enterprise Landcorp wants to put in an offer to buy 16 Crafar family dairy farms in receivership.
Posted: Thursday, 24 June 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Embattled dairy farm owner Allan Crafar is finding out he has plenty of support from an unlikely source - Facebook!
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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You’ve probably heard of cattle dogs. But how about cattle pigs?
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 30th of April with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB Bank’s Rural Economic Update for April is a mixed bag for the agricultural sector.
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Silver Fern Farms has made a half-year loss of $14.3 million before tax from revenue, affected by fewer lambs to kill and a high dollar.
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A number of Northland farmers are now being forced to buy water for their stock, as dams dry up and the drought drags on.
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Genetically modified cows were born with ovaries that grew so large they caused ruptures and killed the animals.
Posted: Monday, 3 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 3rd of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Surging dairy prices boosted a new record high in the ANZ Commodity Price Index, as local milk production begins to wind down here while farmers in the Northern Hemisphere struggle to get started.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Warning: If you put money into Rural Portfolio Investments or its financing arm Rural Portfolio Capital, you’re unlikely to get your investment back.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Each year, New Zealand exports 800,000 tonnes of chilled meat to more than 100 countries around the world.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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AgResearch has dropped plans to make genetically modified buffalo, pigs, llamas, alpacas, horses and deer after an environmental watchdog said the proposals were so broad it was impossible to weigh up the risks.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra and DairyNZ have joined forces to make Fencepost available to the general public – and not just farmers – as it leads the way as the most comprehensive job and career tool for the New Zealand dairy industry.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee has issued the first proposed welfare code for goats.
Posted: Tuesday, 4 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 4th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prices have steadied this month on Fonterra’s global dairy trade auction, falling 0.8% across the three commodities.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new large-scale dairy farm in the Mackenzie Basin has been given the go-ahead to milk up to 1400 cows over the next 25 years, but opponents say there are too many unknowns in the mix.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Overseas Investment Office has given an American cold storage company the go-ahead to buy Versacold NZ in a $57 million deal that will see the overseas company become the world’s biggest in the business.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Otago Southland Meat Workers Union is calling for big changes at the South Pacific Meats plant in Invercargill, after 12 people lost fingers while using band saws in the past 18 months.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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For the first time, New Zealand dairy farmers will have access to fresh sexed semen and embryos, following successful on‐farm trials by breeding companies.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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We may live in an ocean paradise, but it seems one of the world’s best surfers isn’t a Kiwi.
Posted: Wednesday, 5 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Forest and Bird wants to stop a tenure review in South Canterbury's Mackenzie Basin because of the rate of vegetation loss in the region.
Posted: Friday, 7 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers President Don Nicolson warns that if the government’s Emissions Trading Scheme goes ahead on July 1st, it will cost pastoral agriculture almost $86 million in its first year of operation.
Posted: Friday, 7 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The prime minister’s chief science advisor is calling for more funding for New Zealand’s research and development field – if our industries are to remain competitive in the future.
Posted: Friday, 7 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Movers and shakers in the Bay of Plenty’s food industry have joined forces for the first time to drive economic growth over the next decade.
Posted: Friday, 7 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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There's a call for animal medicines to be removed from the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Wool Partners International says it won’t support a generic wool promotion payment because it wants to focus on more targeted marketing
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The inaugural Dairy NZ Farmers Forum concluded over the weekend, with nearly 900 farmers attending the conference in Hamilton.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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In Marlborough, farmers are in a holding pattern as they wait to see whether parts of their region will be the next classified as drought areas.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Otago Regional Council wants to hear from Otago farmers as they work towards a regional water quality plan.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The High Court will begin hearing a case in July challenging the kiwifruit industry's single desk marketing structure and the way it's being run.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Oyster Farmers Association says a new rule in Northland, making oyster farmers pay a bond, could cripple the region’s marine industry.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 7th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 10 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 10th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 11 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers around the country are anxiously waiting for rain this week with several regions expected to get some liquid relief.
Posted: Tuesday, 11 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government is expecting big things from its World Expo pavilion in Shanghai, China as the first of six trade missions to the event gets underway.
Posted: Tuesday, 11 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Shares in Allied Farmers continued to tumble on Monday as the market heard the news that Hanover's loan book was worth only a quarter of its acquisition value.
Posted: Tuesday, 11 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Overseas Investment Office is investigating the purchase of four North Island dairy farms owned by the Crafar family that weren’t given consent to be sold offshore.
Posted: Tuesday, 11 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealanders may soon be able to cash in on a marine pest that’s plaguing our coastline.
Posted: Tuesday, 11 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Government will pump $321 million into science funding over the next four years in an attempt to bring research and commercial interests together to put New Zealand at the cutting edge of a knowledge economy.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The weather is slowly releasing Northland farmers from the grip of drought, with steady rain this week dumping up to 70mls on parts of the province.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Investors have snapped up the 46.8 million shares in PGG Wrightson from the assets of Rural Portfolio Capital and Rural Portfolio Investments, the 2 companies associated with businessman Craig Norgate.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Trade Minister Tim Groser expects New Zealand’s dairy industry to take another big leap forward with its latest move into the Middle East.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A free trade agreement between New Zealand and six Arab countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, was to have been signed last month, but was postponed because of procedural aspects.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A leading soil scientist is calling for changes in the way fertiliser companies label their products, after recent indications many products may be making false claims.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 11th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 12 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 12th of May with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand’s lone stance on an Emissions Trading Scheme will be on the agenda next week when Federated Farmers President Don Nicolson heads to the Agriculture and Greenhouse Emissions Conference in Australia .
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The finals for the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards launch in Rotorua on Saturday, with the top performers in each sector gathering for an intensive 4-day workshop.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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While Trade Minister Tim Groser heads up a delegation of NZ seafood representatives to the World Expo in Shanghai, New Zealand has been hosting Chinese officials here to examine how we manage food safety risks in seafood.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fresh produce company Turners & Growers has harvested the first of a new green kiwifruit variety it says could become another big earner for the country - if it was allowed to export it.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science is applauding the Government’s announcement of increased science funding as the best way to grow the economy.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A South Island iwi says it will withdraw its approval for the use of 1080 on the West Coast.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A marine biosecurity group says an unwanted invasive organism has been found in Nelson waters during a routine survey.
Posted: Thursday, 13 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Most of Fonterra's 86 dairy processing plants around New Zealand have been shut down by drought this season - weeks ahead of schedule.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The fallout from the recent police drug bust on commercial hydroponic suppliers could affect our fruit and vegetable industry.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fruit and vegetable growers are battling to stop people stealing their produce.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Bay of Plenty Rural support trust is fielding calls from concerned farmers as the drought continues into late autumn.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The national wine industry body says the year's grape vintage appears to be smaller than anticipated and prices have dropped for the second year in a row.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The New Zealand Veterinary Council is keeping a closer eye on the country’s rural workforce to monitor the growing shortage of country vets.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers are being warned to check fences on their properties in the wake of an increase in the number of wandering stock on the country's highways.
Posted: Friday, 14 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 14th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 17 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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800 companies are snapping up offers of taxpayer-funded subsidies for the emissions trading scheme.
Posted: Monday, 17 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Residents of the farming community of Tapawera, near Nelson, say they have no idea when they’ll be allowed to return to their homes, isolated by landslides and floods over the weekend.
Posted: Monday, 17 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The drought in the North Island is now starting to bite off-farm, with some rural-based retailers forced to lay off staff.
Posted: Monday, 17 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 17th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Venison and velvet producers will have money on their minds as they head into the Deer Industry Conference starting in Napier Tuesday.
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand and some other dairy exporting countries are talking about launching possible action against Canada for its restrictive trade practices.
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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An environmental law specialist is warning dairy farmers they risk face tougher penalties if their effluent systems don’t work properly .
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Meat and Wool NZ is pressing for a free trade deal with South Korea to be signed, sealed and delivered as soon as possible to give our beef exports there the chance to compete in the market.
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The shares that Craig Norgate’s failed company Rural Portfolio Investments owned in New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay, have been snapped up by a Singapore-based food commodities company.
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Forest Owners Association has told the Environmental Risk Management Authority that the use of the chemical methyl bromide to treat logs is essential until an alternative fumigant is found.
Posted: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 18th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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NZ’s KiwiRail is getting an extra $250 million windfall in the next financial year, thanks to the Government. And if the company meets its performance measures, it will get a further $500 million over the following two years.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Four Greenpeace protestors at the Clandeboye dairy factory, north of Timaru, have been charged with trespassing, after they were arrested Tuesday night, following 9 hours chained to equipment at the factory.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Open Country Dairy isn’t letting up on its criticism on Fonterra’s Trading Among Farmers proposal.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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There’s some good news for Northland farmers and growers.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The rural property market is still in a bit of a drought.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The receivers of Rural Portfolio Investments and Rural Portfolio Capital say the sale of assets has returned $29.1 million - just under half the amount investors are owed.
Posted: Wednesday, 19 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 19th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is accusing Meridian Energy of stonewalling on their power station swap deal with Genesis Energy.
Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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How to better market velvet has been high on the list of topics for discussion at the Deer Industry New Zealand conference in Napier this week.
Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Beef Expo has wrapped up for another year, with mixed results for the seven cattle breeds showcased at the Feilding event.
Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand’s olive season is in full swing and early signs show the drought that’s struck down farmers is playing right into olive growers’ hands.
Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Helicopter operators wanting long-term consents to continue aerial drops of 1080 poison in the Waikato region have been restricted to a year’s approval.
Posted: Thursday, 20 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday the 20th of May with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers has awarded the Government’s 2010 Budget a score of 6.5 out of 10, saying it offers great tax incentives but little else for “Vote Agriculture.”
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Seven people suffered minor injuries from an explosion at a Hamilton Fonterra plant, and were treated at Waikato Hospital.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The head of South Canterbury Finance says the company will struggle to meet a cash target set by its credit rating agency, despite another big cash injection from South Island businessman George Kerr.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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There’s been a big boost in organic production in New Zealand according to a new Otago University study.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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After a successful trade meeting in China, the CEO of Silver Fern Farms is calling for a free trade deal to be worked out with several of our biggest Asian trading partners.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Westland mayor Maureen Pugh says the district council will be forced to support a ban on the use of 1080 poison to kill possums, following a local petition and march on Thursday.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Chinese business interests bidding for the Crafar farms now in receivership are still hoping to buy them, despite the properties going onto the open market.
Posted: Friday, 21 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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It’s official.
The tastiest steak you can buy is an AngusPure, following its anointment as Supreme Brand at the recent Steak of Origin 2010 Challenge.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Westland Milk Products says a new warehouse complex in Canterbury will allow it to significantly reduce its reliance on road transport for getting its products to port.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has seen its profit rise by 8% to $25.9 million in the year to March, thanks to stronger sales in Asia.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farmers in Waikato say an offer of assistance from banks is great news as they struggle to survive the worst drought in the region in 65 years.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is welcoming news that MAF Biosecurity has intercepted a consignment of fruit imported from Queensland containing fruit fly eggs.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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This week, Meat & Wool New Zealand chief Scott Champion is touring Europe on a marketing mission. He’s currently in the UK, New Zealand’s number one sheep meat market.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Meat companies are just some of a number of rural businesses hit hard by property tax changes in last week’s Budget.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Crafar Farms Sale Not Yet Approved
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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In the upper North Island, southern Canterbury, North Otago and Dunedin are advised to have emergency supplies in preparation for a severe weather bomb as Civil Defence and emergency services across the country gear up.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 21st of May with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Monday, 24 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Ministry of Agriculture has partially lifted a ban on fresh produce imports from Queensland.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prime Minister John Key has given his Agriculture Minister a ticking off for telling conference delegates on the weekend that the proposed sale of the Crafar farms to Chinese buyers now being considered by the Overseas Investment Office is unlikely to go through.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers claims the looming Emissions Trading Scheme costs will hit farmers hard in the pocket – but Prime Minister John Key says households will be paying a modest $3 a week.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Hastings District Court has heard that $270,000 worth of false invoices were made out to a company to pay illegal horticultural workers in a single month in 2006.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Animal Health Board has successfully prosecuted a Waiuku famer for deliberately selling cattle from a herd he knew was infected with TB.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Mosgiel-based company TracMap has claimed this year’s NZX Emerging Hi-Tech Company of the Year award.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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While the wild weather battering New Zealand looks set to continue for the coming days, so far the rain has brought farmers more delight than damage.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Monday the 24th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Tuesday, 25 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Tuesday the 25th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Conditions in South Canterbury have worsened overnight, with strong easterly winds and rising floodwaters forcing many farmers to move stock to higher ground.
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Investors in the Rural Portfolio group of companies – the failed investment vehicle of Craig Norgate and Baird McConnon – are likely to get less than half the principal they originally put into the company.
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A South Auckland poultry farmer has been jailed for a year for causing suffering to thousands of animals kept in what were described as filthy and inhumane conditions.
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A couple from Clevedon is making New Zealand history with their business, doing what no other Kiwis have done before – making cheese from buffalo milk.
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra farmers waiting on their second-highest payout in the season just ending have been told their average cheque for next season could rocket to record heights - about $1 million each.
Posted: Wednesday, 26 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Wednesday the 26th of May with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Australian veterinarians are looking to the New Zealand bonding scheme to help keep more young vets in rural practices.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Rural Women New Zealand has added its voice to those calling on the Government to delay implementing the Emissions Trading Scheme, following a decision taken at the organisation's national conference in Oamaru.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new $76 million Government IT project aims to use sophisticated software to police suspicious passengers and freight at our ports and airports.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Agriculture and Forestry Minister David Carter has announced the first allocation of funding from the Primary Growth Partnership.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand’s clean green reputation helps sell our produce abroad. Our lush rolling hills and beautiful rivers strike an accord with consumers the world over.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The worst of Otago flooding is now over but for South Island farmers, an icy winter is heading their way.
Posted: Thursday, 27 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Thursday the 27th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A Waikato woman has won Rural Women New Zealand's supreme enterprise award.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Police in Waikato say a farmer who extinguished a fire after a fatal car crash may have saved a woman's life.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Prime Minister John Key says he's not directly aware of Landcorp’s plans to consider bidding for Crafar Farms, which a Chinese firm wants to buy.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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KiwiBank chairman Jim Bolger says he's been told the main Australian-owned banks are not supporting the rural sector.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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AFFCO has announced a modest profit due to cost cutting and lower interest costs.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The effects of the Emissions Trading Scheme on farmers’ bottom line is worrying many in the rural sector as higher all round prices prepare to kick in at the start of July.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Strong exports especially of dairy products and logs pushed New Zealand to its first annual trade surplus in almost 8 years.
Posted: Friday, 28 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 28th of May with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Taupo based Waipapa 9 Trust has won the prestigious 2010 Ahuwhenua Trophy at the Bank of New Zealand Maori Excellence in Farming competition for its outstanding dairying operation.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new workshop being rolled out nationwide will help dairy farm owners and managers ensure they have the most effective effluent management systems on their farms.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A joint venture between Fonterra and Dairy Farmers of America has acquired the U.S. hard Italian cheese business of Swiss Valley Farms.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance's owner, Allan Hubbard, has stepped aside as chairman of the company, just as the South Island lender had its credit rating downgraded.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Allied Farmers’ assets acquired from Hanover and United Finance last year are now worth less than a third of the purchase price - and more revisions could be on the cards, according to the company.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The latest meeting of the Waikato Drought Committee in Hamilton saw farmers wrestling with whether to lift the region’s drought status after recent rains.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Both Wairarapa and North Canterbury farmers are welcoming official recognition that they’re now in the Government’s drought-relief zone.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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People across Otago are mopping up the damage as South Island floodwaters recede following a week of torrential rain.
Posted: Monday, 31 May 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Auckland student John Darroch appeared in court Monday after a weekend spent chained to a silo at a Cambridge pig farm.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers is warning customs officers at New Zealand airports to be on full alert following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in South Korea.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers wants to know whether the latest fine imposed on a Crafar family farm for effluent breaches is in the public interest.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance has announced a loss of more than $191 million in the six months to the end of December.
Posted: Tuesday, 13 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Fonterra continues to expand its global reach with the announcement it’s just opened a fourth office in southern China.
Posted: Wednesday, 14 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Agriculture Minister David Carter visited drought-stricken farmers in the Waikato on Wednesday to take the pulse on how farmers are coping.
Posted: Thursday, 15 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Maori farmers in Tai Tokerau have been slashing stock numbers as the drought in the north enters its sixth month.
Posted: Thursday, 15 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Natural Dairy Holdings, the Hong Kong-based company looking to invest in New Zealand’s dairy industry, is dismissing claims that its plans to buy as many as 100 farms in Southland and Otago will push land prices skyward.
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Posted: Thursday, 15 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand’s biggest apple exporter expects its Jazz variety to be worth about $45 million this season with 1-and-a-half million cartons shipped throughout the globe
Posted: Thursday, 15 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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AgResearch has been given the go-ahead to continue its work with genetically modified cattle and to carry out new research on sheep and goats.
Posted: Friday, 16 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Hawke’s Bay farmer Mike Peterson has been re-elected as Chairman of the New Zealand Meat Board as well as being elected chair of New Zealand Beef & Lamb in a move being welcomed by Federated Farmers.
Posted: Friday, 16 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A dairy farmer says the Manawatu-Whanganui Regional Council hasn’t done enough to water down its new plan to regulate farming.
Posted: Friday, 16 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The country's biggest farm lender says the Reserve Bank's decision to delay the introduction of tighter rules for rural lending is the right decision.
Posted: Monday, 19 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Some New Zealand exporters face profit losses because the airport closures in Europe mean they can't get goods to their overseas buyers.
Posted: Monday, 19 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand’s agricultural sector has five years before low-cost, third world markets start to undercut our commodity prices, according to accounting firm KPMG.
Posted: Monday, 19 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Maize growers in the Bay of Plenty are being warned to watch for an invasive cropping weed found in some of the region’s maize paddocks.
Posted: Monday, 19 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Oyster Bay Marlborough Vineyard warns it’s expecting a loss for the 2010 financial year – and may not be able to meet its banking covenants.
Posted: Monday, 19 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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In Europe, the volcanic ash danger travels at high altitudes, but for Iceland's farmers the problem is very much on the ground.
Posted: Tuesday, 20 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Meantime, New Zealand snapper bound for Italy is being dished up locally because of the volcanic ash disruption to European air travel.
Posted: Tuesday, 20 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Up to 10 tonnes of export-quality New Zealand lamb was stranded in transit at airports across the world on Monday.
Posted: Tuesday, 20 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Big Dry is getting bigger.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Real Estate Institute of New Zealand president Peter McDonald is calling for changes to the way potential farm buyers are assessed for finance.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Proposals by Fonterra to start farmer share trading are getting a positive reception in the paddock, according to the dairy giant cooperative.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Cawthron Institute is defending its research showing the Manawatu River is heavily polluted.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The country’s biggest state science institute AgResearch says it’s forced to shut down most of New Zealand’s remaining wool research because neither farmers nor the Government will pay for the work.
Posted: Wednesday, 21 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Rural Portfolio Investments, the company owned by Craig Norgate and Baird McConnon, has sold half its 12% stake in PGG Wrightson.
Posted: Thursday, 22 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The cost of the drought to the economy of Northland has hit $300 million and it’s climbing.
Posted: Thursday, 22 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Federated Farmers has laid a complaint with the Commerce Commission about unfair trading in the grain industry.
Posted: Thursday, 22 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Leaving 1400 sheep to starve has cost a PGG Wrightson livestock manager and auctioneer more than $20,000.
Posted: Thursday, 22 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of the 22nd of April with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Friday, 23 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Shares in Allied Farmers rose to 7 cents on the New Zealand stock exchange Thursday with news that property picked up as part of Allied Farmers' deal with finance company Hanover has been sold.
Posted: Friday, 23 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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South Canterbury Finance says it's determined to stand on its own two feet by the end of next year.
Posted: Friday, 23 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The International Monetary Fund expects output growth in New Zealand of 3% in 2010 and 3-and-a-quarter per cent in 2011, thanks to higher commodity prices, especially for dairy products.
Posted: Friday, 23 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The number of cattle and deer herds infected with bovine tuberculosis is at a record low.
Posted: Friday, 23 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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West Coast Regional Council hopes a hefty "dirty dairying" fine for a Westland farming company serves as a warning to persistent polluters in the dairy industry.
Posted: Friday, 23 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of Friday the 23rd of April with Rural Economist James Shortall.
Posted: Monday, 26 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Economists predict that the Reserve Bank will again leave rates on hold when it reviews the cost of borrowing on Thursday.
Posted: Monday, 26 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Wool prices have continued their yo-yo pattern, with increased demand pushing prices up again at the North and South Island sales on Thursday.
Posted: Monday, 26 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A wool industry research consortium is waiting to hear if it’s getting new government research funding.
Posted: Monday, 26 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Meat & Wool New Zealand says a recent showcase of New Zealand grass-fed beef at a major food promotion in Busan, South Korea was a great opportunity to grow the number of food service and retail companies buying New Zealand beef.
Posted: Monday, 26 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Sixteen farming units throughout the North Island once operated by business entities involved with the Crafar family have been placed on the market for sale.
Posted: Monday, 26 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Southland authorities are confident a major disaster has been averted after rain on Monday pushed rivers to near-record levels.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The weekend ANZAC Day commemorations saw tens of thousands of people come together to remember the men and women who’d served overseas.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A new pig welfare code has drawn a big response from the public calling for an end to the use of sow stalls and farrowing crates in the pork industry.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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A New Zealand food testing and biosecurity services company is expanding its horizons with a growing demand for its services, especially in Asia.
Posted: Tuesday, 27 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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New Zealand dairy farmers are celebrating, with news Fonterra has added another 40 cents to its milk payout forecast.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Southland farmers continue their mop-up of flooded land with another 100 mm of rain forecast to fall on the already sodden Fiordland area on Thursday.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Some South Canterbury farmers are abandoning their protest and will let Transpower onto their land to upgrade power pylons this week.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Quad bikes have been hogging the headlines lately as a spate of deaths trigger calls for stricter controls on how they’re used on farms and for fun.
Posted: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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ASB's Market Update as of the 28th of April with Rural Economist Chris Tennent-Brown.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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The Reserve Bank has left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.5 percent.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Despite the crippling drought conditions, farmers are feeling more upbeat about the economy, according to the latest survey of confidence in the rural sector.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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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.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Agriculture Minister David Carter told the Irrigation New Zealand conference it needs to win the public’s trust if future projects are to succeed.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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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.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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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.
Posted: Thursday, 29 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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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.
Posted: Friday, 30 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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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.
Posted: Friday, 30 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Open Country Dairy has fired a broadside at Fonterra’s capital restructuring proposal for farmers to trade shares among themselves.
Posted: Friday, 30 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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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.
Posted: Friday, 30 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
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Farming groups are applauding Environment Canterbury’s decision to grant resource consent to the South Canterbury Hunter Downs irrigation scheme.
Posted: Friday, 30 April 2010
By: Country 99 TV
