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Rural hazardous waste collection
Rural residents with unwanted agricultural chemicals or other hazardous waste are being encouraged by Auckland Council to sign-up for an onsite collection this month. During the 'agricultural chemicals...
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Agrichemical operators reminded about certification
RURAL CONTRACTORS New Zealand has endorsed the warnings made recently by Waikato Regional Council that agrichemical contractors operating without certification are breaching regulations. Chief...
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Beekeepers offer peace pipe to agrichemical industry
If hundreds of sheep or cattle were found dying at a farmgate there would be a national uproar, Federated Farmers bee industry chair John Hartnell told a recent conference. Yet this is the sort of...
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‘HAIL’ Mary regs coming!
A Bay of Plenty decision last week to put about 3000 kiwifruit orchards on a ‘hazardous’ list has implications for all agriculture nationwide, says an industry leader. Kiwifruit is the first...
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