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More focus on the environment at Ngamatapouri School
Acting principal Heather Dallas has been made permanent and has big plans for term two
Fonterra brass urged to give a Kiwi CEO a go
Fonterra shareholders want a Kiwi chief executive this time round.
Ex-Fonterra director hits back with defamation claim
Former Fonterra director to take board of directors to court.
Fonterra beaten in race to buy Argentinian dairy co-op
Argentina's dairy co-op SanCor has been sold to a local buyer.
OIO rule changes affecting foreign farm sales
Jericho farm sale to a Kiwi is the result of OIO rule changes, says Minister
Kiwi Jericho Station winner 'chuffed' but not anti foreign investment
Farmer Ed Pinckney is the unconditional contract-holder.
Letters: Prisoner rehabilitation: A health issue or a social issue
Your say: Prisoner rehabilitation; farming v cycling; free speech; Queens park re-naming
Govt begins winding down irrigation funding
Big private irrigation schemes should be economically viable on their own, Robertson says.
Local Focus: Visits to help encourage farming careers
Benneydale kids learn about animal genetics on the farm. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Govt declares labour shortage in Tasman amid bumper pipfruit season
The Tasman areas has been hit by a labour shortage.
Call for Govt backing for cattle disease farmers in strife
"If a farmer needs to buy a new herd, now is the time to be doing it."
Cow cull chance to evaluate farming
COMMENT: Culling dairy cows is an opportunity to change our farm products.
Dairy prices fall for fourth straight auction
The price was down 0.6 percent from the previous auction.
Pressure builds on cattle disease farmers waiting for compo
Biggest risk in a biosecurity outbreak is farmers go bankrupt, says farmer body.
Who's the fool? Plenty of pranks for April Fool's Day
Nayland College bought a plane, while Napier Council discovered the Trump fish.
Are we running out of fresh food?
Destructive cyclones and changing climate - how long can New Zealand provide fresh food?
A2 Milk's strong run threatened by rivals in China
Nestle had launched an A2 beta protein infant formula in the lucrative Chinese market.
The cost of making our rivers swimmable
Lifting "swimmability" of our lakes and rivers to 78 per cent may cost $217m a year.
'Greener' pastures could help farms slash emissions
Incorporating plantain into grazed land found to reduce release of greenhouse gasses.
Chinese-owned dairy firm plans NZX listing
Milk NZ plans to list a company on the NZX within the next 3-5 years.
Show us the green, say investors
Noisy diesel trucks are starting to be replaced by quiet and efficient rubbish trucks.
MPI report offers theories on how cattle disease got to NZ
A report released last night reveals the possible pathways for Mycoplasma bovis into NZ.
A2 shares tumble after Nestle launches competing product
A2 shares fell sharply after Nestle announced it is launching a competing product.
NZ first to try mass cattle kill to stop MBovis disease
MPI has announced 22,300 cattle on 28 infected properties will be killed.
Backing for plan to slaughter 20,000 cattle to stop disease
Ministry is still no closer to finding out where the disease came from.
The Conversation: Should lab-grown meat be labelled as meat?
Can animal flesh produced in a lab be called meat?
Kiwifruit sales to China, Japan set to hit $1 billion
Demand for kiwifruit continues as sales to China and Japan are tracking at record pace.
New disease strain unleashed against rabbits
A new virus is to be introduced to kill rabbits, 21 years after the first illegal release.
Spierings departure not linked to loss - Wilson
Theo Spierings is set to step down as chief executive of Fonterra.
Fonterra CEO's empathy with farmers questioned
EMA chief executive Kim Campbell says Theo Spierings has done some "fine work".
Settlement and write-down drag Fonterra to a $348m loss
Company has written down the value of its investment in Beingmate by $405m to $244m.
Kiwifruit industry needs to spend a cool $1 billion to keep up with hot demand
Zespri expects annual sales to double to $4.5 billion by 2025.
Dairy auction unlikely to hit Fonterra's forecast
The futures market suggests prices may fall at the next auction.