Whangarei — Northland farmers now have more choice and better service when it comes to choosing fertiliser after last night’s opening of a new storage facility in Mata just south of Whangarei.
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Northland — Starting a family provided the impetus for 2012 Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Miles Harrison and Lucy Heffernan, to commit to the dairy industry.
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Northland — The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has received a record number of entries for its 2012 competitions, with 525 entries.
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Northland — Northland’s dairy farmers are advised to follow local guidelines for dumping milk in the wake of a major Taranaki gas leak which may effectively force the region’s dairy factories out of action for several days.
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Northland — The 2011 New Zealand Farm Manager of the Year, Jason Halford, is now the proud owner of his own herd, sharemilking 280 cows at Opiki, Horowhenua.
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Northland — Federated Farmers has welcomed a Sir Michael Fay led group upping its bid for the 16 former CraFarms, as being the best opportunity to keep these farms in New Zealand hands.
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Kaikohe — The Far North District Council will go as far as a ‘robust’ analysis of the risks, benefits and costs of creating local management controls for genetically modified plants and organisms in the Far North.
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Northland — The Agrecovery Chemicals programme will be holding its first collection of unwanted and expired agrichemicals in the Northland region shortly.
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Northland — Farmlands Trading Society Limited’s horticultural specialists, Skeltons has strengthened its complimentary technical advisory service with the addition of a second technical advisor to support Northland growers.
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Northland — A Northland farm owner has been fined $54,000 – and his farm manager $10,000 – for offences relating to dairy effluent discharges at an Awarua farm.
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Northland — The 2011 New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has its first equity farm manager winner, with Murray Jamieson winning the Northland Sharemilker/Equity Farmer of the Year title.
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Northland — With only two dairy farm sales in the small rural coastal Northland town of Waipu this century, the forthcoming auction of a high-producing dairy unit with Fonterra shares close to beaches and 1 hour 20 minutes from Auckland city is a significant offering to the market.
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Northland — The Far North District Council is offering assistance to farmers experiencing severe financial hardship as a result of prolonged drought conditions earlier this year.
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Northland — Northland farmer, Matt Long has taken over as Federated Farmers Northland provincial president.
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Northland — Police and local authorities are urging landowners to ensure their fences are secure after a number of complaints about wandering stock.
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Northland — With Northland in its worst drought since 1982, Bruce and Julie Paton will open up their farm this Sunday to show the challenge of dairy farming through drought.
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Northland — The winners have been announced in the 2010 Northland Dairy Industry Awards, with Mangatapere sharemilkers Kent and Jennifer Martin taking out the top award.
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Dargaville — Breakfast sausages flavoured with the peppery natives kawakawa and horopito are the latest wild food treats the Northland Regional Council is hoping will lure visitors to its marquee at the upcoming Dargaville field days.
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Northland — Its time for the Annual Northland Field Days and Kaipara District Council will be showcasing Kaipara as a great place to live, work and play.
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Northland — Federated Farmers welcomes the Government’s rapid response today to declare the Northland region to be in a medium scale adverse event.
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Northland — Government plans to investigate finfish and oyster farming opportunities in Northland in a bid to grow New Zealand's aquaculture industry have been welcomed by the Northland Regional Council.
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Northland — The 2009 Northland Sharemilkers of the Year Greg and Phillippa Foster thought their business would benefit by entering the competition, and it has to the tune of $13,100.
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