MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — New Zealand got rid of farm subsidies in 1984. "It was traumatic and difficult and hard," said Mike Barton, a New Zealand farmer. "But I don’t know a farmer who would want to go ...

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The ...

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand — More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane emissions.

Singapore-based agribusiness and food ingredients group Olam International has made a bid to take control of dairy group NZ Farming Systems Uruguay. Olam has offered NZ$0.55 (US$0.39) a share for the ...

New Zealand agriculture technology company WaterForce is providing an Internet of Things-based water-management and irrigation system for New Zealand farms using sensor technology and software from ...

July 29 (BusinessWire) - NZ Farming Systems Uruguay Ltd. raised US$30 million of bonds in Uruguay, giving it funds to develop dairy farms in the South American country using intensive New Zealand ...

PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand (Reuters) -More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane ...