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Feb 04 2019 04/02/2019 04/02/2019 Comments Off by Morrison Farming Admin

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy with AgFirst consultants

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Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy with AgFirst consultants Phil Journeaux, Erica van Reenen and Davieth Verheij. PHOTO/ LAUREL STOWELL, via @nzherald

Sep 12 2018 12/09/2018 20/02/2019 Comments Off by Morrison Farming Admin

Plans for a $700,000 sensory playground

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Article by Sam Kilmister for Stuff. Photo by Warwick Smith/Stuff. A new community group has bold ambitions for a Rangitīkei town.  The Marton Development Group, led by a group of parents, was launched in August, with the sole intention of building “positive focal points” for children. The group has unveiled its intention on Facebook to build a $700,000 playground in…
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Aug 23 2018 23/08/2018 20/02/2019 Comments Off by Morrison Farming Admin

Federated Farmers: Adding value to beef a complex task

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Article from the NZ Herald. When a politician tells farmers we should ‘add more value’ to the produce we sell, I get slightly frustrated. It is easy to say “we need to sell our wares to the wealthy” but the reality is significantly more complex. When a politician tells farmers we should ‘add more value’…
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Jul 11 2018 11/07/2018 20/02/2019 Comments Off by Morrison Farming Admin

Sharing open and honest farming

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Article by Bryan Gibson for FarmersWeekly. Rangitikei sheep and beef farmer William Morrison has connected his hill-country farm to the world through social media with images of the breathtaking property a hit on Twitter. By looking to the future he’s building on his family’s 150 years on the land, as Bryan Gibson found. Atop one of the…
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May 26 2017 26/05/2017 04/07/2017 Comments Off by Morrison Farming Admin

Richard Morrison knows he has big boots to fill as new Manawatu/Rangitikei Feds president

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Article by Jill Galloway for NZFarmer Richard Morrison is taking over from retiring president James Stewart to lead the Manawatu/Rangitikei province for Federated Farmers . Stewart was on the doorstep of Palmerston North and his successor, a sheep and beef farmer just north of Marton, will use his executive team more often to bridge the 45 minute journey to the…
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