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Fisheries need to push ‘NZ brand’ - Sanford CEO
31 May 2017
A fish caught in Antarctic waters and sold in the United States as Chilean seabass is helping transform fishing company Sanford into a producer of high value seafood, but its chief executive wants to change the narrative.
Synlait expands senior leadership team
26 May 2017
Synalit Milk has appointed another member to its senior leadership team. Antony Moess becomes general manager of manufacturing, joining the team in mid-July.
Innovations move to science and tech
26 May 2017
Science and technology are becoming increasingly present in the Innovation Awards entries at the National Agricultural Fieldays and this year is no different.
LIC elects board members
24 May 2017
LIC, a livestock genetics and information company, announces shareholder election results following its recent South Island election.
Parsons continues as B+LNZ chairman
24 May 2017
The directors of Beef + Lamb New Zealand have re-elected Northland farmer James Parsons as the chairman for another year.
Electric farm bike gets offshore backing
21 May 2017
Ubco, a New Zealand tech company that has designed an electric farm bike, successfully raised $3.95 million in funding in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
Confidence driven by dairy and finishing
18 May 2017
The number of recent farm sales indicates a rise in sentiment in the rural real estate market compared to a year ago with dairy farms and finishing farms driving the lift in performance.
Zespri growing sales in Japan
18 May 2017
Zespri grew sales by 30% in its longstanding number one market of Japan over the past two seasons and plans to keep growing sales of premium Zespri Kiwifruit by 25% over the next five years, creating new opportunities to grow value in-market.
Lower sheep numbers lead to plant closure
17 May 2017
Silver Fern Farms announced it was planning to close its Fairton sheepmeat processing plant following a continued decline in regional sheep numbers.
First meat shipment scheduled for Iran
16 May 2017
New Zealand will send its first shipment of meat to Iran since exports ceased in 1998 at the end of the month.
