The New Zealand Farmers Weekly - Newsmaker http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/ Latest Content for Newsmaker 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 Raw milk still a raw topic The government's proposal to re-regulate Fonterra has drawn a strong, intemperate response from the co-operative, which thought it had a convincing case for weaning its main competitors off the Fonterra teat. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9191.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 30-01-2012 Shearing records smashed World shearing records have been tumbling in the King Country this month and one family in particular has been in the thick of it. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9181.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 23-01-2012 Heading into uncharted waters Water and land policy in Mackenzie Basin is starting to look like the Royal Commission into Genetic Modification: if the science of a venture is uncertain, strike it out. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9172.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 16-01-2012 Lamb IQ - making choices down south While there is an unseasonal abundance of feed in most regions of the South Island, Southland farmers are on the brink of making aggressive decisions as a non-traditional dry period starts to bite. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9160.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 09-01-2012 Wine crusaders bow out for now Their crusade is over, for the time being. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9147.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 19-12-2011 Educating the politicians Farmers were criticised as "affluent and effluent-rich" during the general election. They responded by voting blue (National) in every rural electorate except the West Coast. But the green wave in the 50th parliament will now grab farmers' attention. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9135.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 12-12-2011 Get servicability into debt Cameron Bagrie doesn't mind causing offence, while Mike Petersen likes the upbeat, positive approach. Together the economist and the farming politician recently gave Southland farmers their take on the world of sheep and beef. Tim Fulton reports. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9129.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 05-12-2011 School's in out of town Raising chickens, rearing calves and growing vegetables will be part of the learning at Dilworth School's new rural campus next year. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9121.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 28-11-2011 Back paddock' shipwreck The wreck of the Rena has pushed New Zealand into international headlines for all the wrong reasons. Motiti Island farmer Vern Wills describes the impact of the ship on this small community. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9104.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 14-11-2011 Accord on sheepmeat mooted The major challenge for both New Zealand's and Australia's sheep meat industries is to keep product on the shelf around the globe, says Sheepmeat Council of Australia president Kate Joseph. http://www.nzfarmersweekly.co.nz/article/9098.html info@cplfirst.co.nz 07-11-2011