Chinese counterfeiting of Zespri brand to 'grow rapidly'
Mixed quality of rogue-grown and counterfeit fruit could undermine consumer confidence.
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Gisborne plant a world-first and the structural lumber solely for the domestic market.
'Devastating': Worker shortage causes crisis - employers plead for help
Kiwi business owners say New Zealand's labour shortage has reached crisis point.
Acclaimed film director James Cameron laments NZ's worker shortage
The filmmaker was unable to expand his vegetable growing business due to staff shortages.
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Horticulture has 'wall of work coming' and dwindling staff
One of NZ's fastest growing food sectors on a labour starvation diet.
Zero-injuries goal major investment for Alliance
Days of telling staff "to take a concrete pill and harden up" were over.
Gallagher buys up cattle management tech groundbreaker
Gallagher says world's cattle farmers and ranchers hungry for this technology.
Covid-19 highlights labour shortage in seafood industry
Labour shortage in the industry is "a live issue".
PM on carve-out for farmers in EV rebate scheme: 'Strong consideration' but rejected
Feebate scheme could add $3000 to utility vehicles from next year.
Merging of livestock broking firms described as 'win-win'
Livestock broking firms Hazlett and Peter Walsh & Associates are combining.
Another drop in prices at Global Dairy Trade Auction
Prices eased again at the second Global Dairy Trade auction for the new season.
Richard Prebble: New climate report is just socialist quackery
New Climate Change Commission report is neither evidence-based, nor impartial.
Agribusiness morale crashes, leaders' strength sapped - new report
Agribusiness operating under extreme pressure as global food renaissance emerges.
Scales Corp out of the running to purchase Villa Maria
Villa Maria's parent company went into receivership last month.
Petition calls on imported pork to meet NZ's animal welfare standards
"It's time for this cheaper imported pork to either shape up or ship out."
Group battling to trademark mānuka seeking more funds for legal costs
Mānuka Charitable Trust is running out of money.
Meat works losing 'millions' through staff shortages
Meat works stretched - and a national campaign planned to match workers with employers.
'A gift to NZ': Tributes for businessman and philanthropist Sir Eion Edgar
Sir Eion had been fighting pancreatic cancer since last year.
Out of Workers: Solving the riddle of New Zealand's labour shortage
Efforts a resetting immigration policy run the risk of a pear-shaped labour market.
EV rebate scheme falls short on driving switch to electric - MTA
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Meat firm’s innovative office design
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Better returns, lower interest rates double yearly dairy farm sales
Dairy farms changing hands in past year more than doubled from previous year - ANZ report.
Avocado industry smashes records
The value of sales lifted more than 40 per cent on the year prior.
Fonterra capital restructure plan no shoo-in so far
Plan for keeping Fonterra's factories full of milk comes with plenty of questions.
Brian Fallow: Fewer animals - but better animals
Climate Change Commission sees meat and milk output standing still.
160 staff to lose jobs after paper company makes call on Tasman mill
Norske Skog will cease production at its Tasman Mill at the end of June.
No further primary export audits by China on radar so far
Some seafood suspensions continue, apple sector waits.
Unlimited broadband arrives for rural areas
Rural customers typically face higher monthly subscription costs and low data caps.
Tough times for Marlborough wine tour guides
Border reopening was not translating into more tour visitors.
Opinion: Rod Carr's astonishingly big omission
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Apples boss ready to move on with $1 billion export goal in sight
The goal was $1 billion in export earnings by 2022. Now it's $2 billion by 2030.
Hawke's Bay coolstores awash with fruit as exporters struggle to get it onto ships
"We've got full coolstores and we're having to stop or pack product we know we can ship."
Farmers losing faith in their banks - Feds survey
Farmer satisfaction levels with their banks are continuing on a downwards trajectory.