http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/ Latest Content for World News en-nz http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/images/farmers_weekly_logo (small).gif Copyright 2007 The New Zealand Farmers Weekly http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/feed/ The New Zealand Farmers Weekly RSS Generator info@cplfirst.co.nz info@cplfirst.co.nz Renegade animal activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has ramped up its campaign against the Australian wool industry. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8113.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-03-2010 British supermarkets have been accused of making "pre-emptive strikes on suppliers" ahead of the introduction of the new Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice (GSCOP) this month. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8103.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 22-02-2010 Sixty years of farm intensification has put the UK food system on the threshold of crisis, the UK's leading organic lobby warned at its recent annual conference. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8095.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 15-02-2010 Australia's quirky lamb promotion surrounding its national day has continued to boost sales of the meat. Six years after Australians were first introduced to the views of Sam Kekovich, the country's official "Lambassador", industry figures show domestic sales of lamb climbed 7% last year. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8077.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 01-02-2010 The British Government has announced it will set up a supermarket ombudsman to protect suppliers from abuses of power by the big retailers. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8069.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 25-01-2010 Farmers were the heroes of the hour as Britain found itself in the grip of the worst winter in 30 years. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8061.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 18-01-2010 Defra Secretary Hilary Benn is set to unveil the UK's first Government Food Strategy in 60 years at the Oxford Farming Conference. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8055.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 11-01-2010 Farmers Weekly Political Correspondent Marie McNicholas talks to National Radio's Geoff Robinson in the aftermath of the Copenhagen climate summit, which she attended. She says the conference has ended in confusion about what, if anything, had been agreed to. Link below. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8050.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 21-12-2009 The United States and Canada have fronted up with multi-million-dollar research pledges to help establish a New Zealand-inspired global alliance on farm greenhouse gas emissions, and 22 countries are now on board. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8044.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 17-12-2009 Australian grain growers in western Victoria and the Riverina face further heartbreak with recent soaking rain dampening hopes of a bumper harvest. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/8033.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 07-12-2009