The report shows that in the production of New Zealand dairy product the generation of greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, all implicated in global climate change - is less than in the British dairy system. The "food miles" efficiency of the New Zealand dairy industry in producing and delivering products for the British market has received new confirmation from a Lincoln University report released today. SEARCH NZ JOBS Search Businesses on FindA MORTGAGE...

Then there is the problem over products, such as meat, where the shortages arise from the reluctance by the primary producers, notably the small-scale farmers, to sell at a loss. As we have argued before, the private abattoirs should be allowed to resume production but only if they agree to pay farmers at least as much as the CSC and charge consumers no more than the CSC. The basic problem in this case was that processors slashed the price offered to farmers to far below reasonable levels...

Leroy Pace faces severe erosion on his cattle ranch near Lindale, and hopes for help to shore up and prevent another disaster. Some of it went over in this direction, and more over in this direction,"he says, pointing to ruts on his dirt road where severalfeet of water cascaded through. The cattle graze, but it's the land where they stand that was carved away in the rains. He believes the flooding was made worse by runoff from recent nearby residential development. Pace is considering a...

Adams said he could not have afforded to reseed marginal lands on his northern Utah ranch without a government subsidy that helps U. As state and federal officials scramble to find seeds to replant rangelands burned by wildfires in recent weeks, a super shrub that turns charred lands into food preserves for livestock and wildlife flourishes on Bob Adams' Box Elder County ranch. Nationally, more than 36 million acres are enrolled in the voluntary Conservation Reserve Program, which pays...

YANGON, July 30 (Bernama) -- One more Malaysian entrepreneur is making feasibility study on cattle breeding in the central part of Myanmar, dealing with the livestock authorities on setting up of a cattle breeding zone in the country. More Malaysian Entrepreneur Plan Set-up Cattle Breeding Zone In Myanmar :: Bernama.com Bernama.com Business. More Malaysian Entrepreneur Plan Set-up Cattle Breeding Zone In Myanmar :: Bernama.com Bernama.com Business. A delegation of the Department of...