Reports that more than 1000 Filipinos working on New Zealand dairy farms may be caught up in a document scam further highlights the inadequacies of the Government’s Essential Skills work visa regulations, according to the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association, Australia and New Zealand (RCSA). RCSA is the leading industry and professional body for the […]
The Shanghai Pengxin Group (SPG) and Landcorp Farming Limited (Landcorp) joint venture has established a new training facility to contribute to the development of future dairy farm leaders in New Zealand. The brand new training facility will be known as the Central North Island Dairy Academy and training will be delivered by Taratahi Agricultural Training […]
Hawke’s Bay’s apple orchards are experiencing some of the best blossoms on record setting New Zealand up for a bumper apple crop. Bostock New Zealand Orchard Manager, Fulton Gillies (pictured) says the hot, sunny weather this season has provided the perfect conditions for pollination. “We have been averaging over 20 degrees each day, so the […]
A Lincoln University Master’s student has been awarded a prestigious scholarship that aims to increase Māori participation in the fisheries and aquaculture industries. Roxanne Lloyd, who is studying towards a Master of Applied Science in Environmental Management, received the Rona Scholarship at the recent 2015 Ngā Whetū Hei Whai: Charting Pathways for Māori Industry Future […]
New Zealand’s largest industry training organisation will now offer business management qualifications online to help develop future leaders across all primary industries. The Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO) has announced five new NZQA qualifications which can be completed entirely online, including several national certificates and national diplomas in business plus a Bachelor of Applied […]
FMG and New Zealand Young Farmers is pleased to announce the country’s leading rural insurer as the new principal sponsor of the Young Farmer of the Year contest. The competition will now be known as FMG Young Farmer of the Year. The contest is the country’s preeminent rural challenge, pitting contestants in battles around agricultural […]
Secondary school students within the Waimate and Waitaki Districts have been invited to apply for the Oceania Dairy Scholarship. The annual scholarship was launched last year and Dion Batchelor, a former Head Boy of Waimate High School, was selected as the inaugural recipient. The scholarship provides the successful applicant with an annual payment of $3,000 […]
Ongoing wine research by Dr Wendy Parr of Lincoln University indicates that while minerality is not a figment of tasters’ sensorial imagination, the source of the perception remains a mystery, and the description should be used with caution in formal wine tasting and judging situations. ‘Minerality’ is used by wine professionals to describe the character […]
The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM) has significantly lifted full-year profit and the dividend it will pay to its shareholders in 2014/15. NZM booked a $2.3 million net profit for the year, a 21% increase on the previous year. Shareholders, including 536 wool growers, will receive a total dividend of $1.15 million, up 23% on […]
New Zealand’s largest provider of practical accounting and business advisory services to the rural sector, Crowe Horwath, has offered its support to the Dairy Women’s Network (DWN), signing on as a partner. Dairy Women’s Network is a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing education and support to dairy farming women. It has more than 7500 members […]