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All rights reserved Rural News RSS adamf@ruralnews.co.nz rohand@ruralnews.co.nz http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/channel_images/274.gif http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=channelcategory&subtask=show&item=264&pageno=1 30 http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19354&pageno=1 ARE YOU happy with second-rate broadband, Federated Farmers telecoms spokesman Donald Aubrey is asking rural residents. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19354&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19354&pageno=1 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:05:15 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19353&pageno=1 FARMERS FEEL aggrieved some media http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19353&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19353&pageno=1 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:17 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19352&pageno=1 Grain growers are being urged to clear old crop stocks to prevent carryover tonnage impacting next season's prices. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19352&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19352&pageno=1 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:34:19 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19351&pageno=1 The science to drive the dairy industry for the next decade was delivered and debated at Lincoln University last week. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19351&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19351&pageno=1 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:26:37 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19350&pageno=1 A report saying New Zealand needs to upgrade its ports is timely and welcome, say farmer and exporter representatives. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19350&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19350&pageno=1 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:20:51 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19341&pageno=1 The head of a Maori consortium building a new dairy processing plant near Taupo says eight years of science based research is behind the $90 million project. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19341&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19341&pageno=1 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:27:25 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19340&pageno=1 Dairy farmers appear to have won a major victory over Horizons Regional Council staff in the precedent setting Proposed One Plan. Massive changes have been made to the draft plan by the independent commissioners. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19340&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19340&pageno=1 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:20:08 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19339&pageno=1 A New Market hedging tool for dairy processors, traders, buyers and possibly farmers is set to consolidate New Zealand's position as the hub of the global dairy trade, says the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX). http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19339&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19339&pageno=1 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:51:18 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19338&pageno=1 John Hutchings, Iceland http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19338&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19338&pageno=1 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:47:24 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19337&pageno=1 Farmers will face more obstacles to converting land to dairying - especially in coastal areas - within the Horizons Regional Council boundaries if the proposed One Plan, released last week, is made operative. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19337&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19337&pageno=1 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:36:06 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19336&pageno=1 Emerging markets are the engine rooms of growth in world meat consumption and provide most opportunity to increase New Zealand's red meat exports, says Rabobank. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19336&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19336&pageno=1 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:48:17 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19335&pageno=1 The increasing cost of running a farm business means dairy farmers will be not be cashed up this season, says agribusiness commentator Stuart Locke. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19335&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19335&pageno=1 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:12:54 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19334&pageno=1 Sheep and beef farmers are tipped to reap "significant" on-farm production gains from the red meat Primary Growth Partnership (PGP) programme, with gross margins per hectare potentially "more than doubling" after two years. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19334&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19334&pageno=1 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:50:30 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19333&pageno=1 The dairy and red meat sectors will be investing $320 million in projects designed to boost farmgate returns. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19333&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19333&pageno=1 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:37:44 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19332&pageno=1 Ten more meat plants must close to eliminate overcapacity but not ours, Alliance Group chairman Owen Poole is telling shareholders at supplier meetings. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19332&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19332&pageno=1 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:40:55 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19327&pageno=1 Key submitters to Horizons Regional Council's controversial One Plan, due to be released this week, have told Rural News the idea was good in theory but the implementation has been poor. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19327&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19327&pageno=1 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:55:17 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19326&pageno=1 THhe meat Industry Action Group (MIAG) is winding up to make way for a new body using the acronym RIP - Realise Industry Potential. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19326&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19326&pageno=1 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:03:15 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19325&pageno=1 The main outcome farmers want from any changes to the meat industry is to get $150 for a good mid-season lamb by 2013, says Federated Farmers meat and fibre chairman Bruce Wills. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19325&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19325&pageno=1 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:59:43 GMT http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19324&pageno=1 NEW ZEALAND and Australia recently unveiled their latest weapons in the fight to keep out unwanted organisms. http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=article&subtask=show&item=19324&pageno=1#comments http://www.ruralnews.co.nz/Default.asp?task=rss&subtask=article&item=19324&pageno=1 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:52:19 GMT