Press Release – GE Free NZ

The debate in the scientific community has taken a new turn with the withdrawal of four papers from respected Journals in the past month. Disputes between independent scientists and industry-funded scientists have continued as new evidence has emerged … Read more »

Speech – New Zealand Government

Good morning and thank you for the invitation to address your annual conference. It is great to be here with so many of the people who make racing in New Zealand happen. Read more »

Press Release – Ban the Boom NZ

A month after the official retail sales period for fireworks, many neighbourhoods are still reverberating to noisy fireworks. The myth of one days fun is being discredited by records collected online by a group of animal welfare campaigners. … Read more »

Press Release – Hawke’s Bay Regional Council

Mr Apple NZ & JM Bostock; Director-General of Conservation submission; Hawkes Bay Environmental Water Group secretary David Renouf Read more »

Press Release – Pure Hawke’s Bay

Four out of five New Zealanders think councils should be able to keep their districts GM Free using local plans, according to a Colmar Brunton poll. Read more »

Press Release – Northland Fish and Game

With the start of summer, farmers are starting to see large groups of paradise shelducks moving into their newly-planted crops or onto their irrigation lakes. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Dec. 2 (BusinessDesk) – UDC Finance, the finance company owned by ANZ Bank New Zealand, boosted annual profit 13 percent on improved margins and growing exposure to the primary sector. Read more »

Press Release – Green Meadows Beef

A national Christmas dinner survey led by Green Meadows Beef, a New Zealand owned, family business that produces 100% grass-fed, free-range beef, has revealed what Kiwis will be eating this festive season. Ham is the favoured meat (61%) with chicken … Read more »

Press Release – Ballance Agri-Nutrients

Following a record rebate and dividend of $65 per tonne, Ballance Agri-Nutrients has been given a strong vote of confidence by farmers with a significant increase in shareholder applications compared with the same time last year. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy is welcoming major cuts in tariffs for many exporters today, as the Economic Cooperation Agreement between NZ and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu comes into effect. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 29 (BusinessDesk) – The former Crafar family farms controversially bought by Chinas Shanghai Pengxin last year reported an operating loss in their first year of new ownership due to the widespread drought last summer. Read more »

Press Release – South Island Farmer of the Year

Marlborough entrepreneur and winemaker Peter Yealands has won the prestigious Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year award for 2013. Read more »

Press Release – Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Sustainability must be built into everyday farming, not bolted on, was one of the key messages delivered to agribusiness and industry leaders by Canterbury farming ambassadors Roz and Craige Mackenzie. Read more »

Press Release – Young Farmers

The ANZ Young Farmer Contest is pleased to announce the 2015 Grand Final events will be held in Taupo. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Nov. 27 (BusinessDesk) – Shanghai Pengxin, which bought the Crafar family farms in a controversial deal last year, and the Synlait founders have cross the 90 percent compulsory acquisition threshold in their $85.7 million takeover bid for Synlait … Read more »

Press Release – Hawkes Bay Regional Council

Mr Lister undertook the landscape assessment for the Ruataniwha Water Storage Scheme. He showed the board a 3D model he had developed at their request which depicts water level fluctuation in the reservoir. Read more »

Press Release – Fonterra

Two of Fonterras senior finance managers picked up the 2013 Innovation of the Year Award at last nights New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Awards in Auckland. Read more »

Press Release – Office of the Clerk

The Primary Production Committee welcomed Craige and Roz Mackenzie as the national winners of the 2013 Ballance Farm Environment Awards at Parliament on Thursday 14 November 2013. The awards are held annually, and are aimed at promoting sustainable … Read more »

Press Release – Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers is buoyed by surging primary exports that has turned in the lowest trade deficit for an October month since the mid-1990s. Read more »

Press Release – Bay of Plenty Regional Council

A Reporoa livestock transport company was convicted and fined $26,000 for discharging effluent where it could enter water. Bay of Plenty Regional Council prosecuted Central Transport Ltd for a breach of the Resource Management Act on 14 March this year. Read more »