Harvard's NZ dairy farm nets $4.9m - New Zealand Herald

Harvard's NZ dairy farm nets $4.9m
New Zealand Herald
DF1, the New Zealand dairy farmer owned by Harvard University's endowment fund, posted a profit of $4.87 million last year, having bought the Big Sky Dairy Farm properties in central Otago from receivers. Harvard paid about $32 million for the Ainwick, ...
Harvard fund turns around Big Sky Otago Daily Times

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Local couple in NZ's biggest dairy farm takeover - The Bay of Plenty Times

Local couple in NZ's biggest dairy farm takeover
The Bay of Plenty Times
Mount Maunganui's Colin and Dale Armer are involved in the takeover of New Zealand's largest dairy farming conglomerate. Wealthy Tauranga couple Colin and Dale Armer are involved in the takeover of New Zealand's largest dairy farming conglomerate, ...

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Seeking a smooth transfer of power - The Southland Times

Seeking a smooth transfer of power
The Southland Times
An electricity audit of 150 New Zealand dairy farms, including 24 farms in Southland and Otago, was conducted by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), and Fonterra.

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Sourth Korea joins Australia, NZ in setting carbon limits - Sydney Morning Herald


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Sourth Korea joins Australia, NZ in setting carbon limits
Sydney Morning Herald
The nation said in November 2009 it plans to cut emissions by 30 per cent below forecast levels by 2020, following similar programs in Australia and New Zealand. The vote is “very important,” Yoon Jong Soo, vice minister for the environment department, ...
South Korean Lawmakers Vote for Limits on Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Bloomberg

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Bet the Farm: Amadeus Sees Opportunity In Agritourists - Travel Agent


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Bet the Farm: Amadeus Sees Opportunity In Agritourists
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During a relaxing stay on a farm, after enjoying the fruits (literally, in many cases) of their hosts' labor, travelers can check out wine presses in California, macadamia and coffee plantations in Hawaii, working sheep stations in Australia and New ...

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Food safety regulation of poultry cuts levels of paralysis - Medical Xpress

Food safety regulation of poultry cuts levels of paralysis
Medical Xpress
New Zealand used to have the highest reported rate of campylobacter infection in the world, until stricter regulations on the processing of fresh chicken were applied from 2006 by the Food Safety Authority (now part of the Ministry of Agriculture and ...
Campylobacteriosis On Decline, Say Researchers TopNews New Zealand

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top-dresser in for facelift - Stuff.co.nz

top-dresser in for facelift
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The Douglas C-47B Dakota ZK-AZL, the first DC3 aircraft used for aerial top-dressing in New Zealand, had its wings removed before it was taken taken down from its perch at Mystery Creek Events Centre on Tuesday. The operation, by the DC3 Trust, ...

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