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Key 'dishonest' on dairy price - Goff

Labour is continuing to insist that putting agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2013 won't raise the price of dairy products, and says Prime Minister John Key is being misleading by saying it will.

Rural schools may miss out on broadband

Dairy farming tax claim misleading - BusinessNZ

Peter Dunne slams dairy farmer tax claims

Bollard out to stop 'worrying' dairy loans

NZ Govt eyes recruiting private aid for Afghanistan's future

Contestable $850,000 fund to encourage red meat sector

Livestockers worry Big Brother is coming down to the farm

Mike Joy: The dying myth of a clean, green Aotearoa

Has anyone noticed that "100 per cent pure New Zealand" has quietly been changed to "100 per cent pure you"?

Late payers 'growing drain on cashflow'

Low farm prices stall economy

Accidents claim 17 lives in bad year on the farm

Rise in farm deaths 'bitterly disappointing'

Last year was a 'bitterly disappointing' year for farmers, with the number of deaths nearly doubling to 17, Federated Farmers says.

<i>Donald Aubrey:</i> Cautionary sensor best for quad bikes

Rain a farmer's wish come true

Rainfall over the past few days has made a Waikato farmer's "wishes come true", but he warns its effect will not be immediate.

Waikato, Ruapehu officially in drought

David Carter has declared a drought in the Waikato and Ruapehu District, saying recent rainfalls appear to have had little effect on dry pastures.

Drought set to cover upper North Island

An official drought already declared for Northland could spread to much of the upper North Island.

Fonterra boosts payout while weather woes grow

Dairy giant Fonterra is boosting its billion dollar forecast payout to farmers.