Funding
Meat board gives $1.7m to sector research
Farmers WeeklyApr 16, 2024
Informing NZ Beef and facial eczema projects to benefit.
ANZCO Foods boosts health of rural schools
Farmers WeeklyMar 18, 2024
Mayfield School in Canterbury will put its funds towards teacher aides that will give their students additional literacy lessons.
Help to deploy Meat Board research funds
Farmers WeeklyMar 8, 2024
Farmers invited to have their say on funding two programmes.
Kimbolton Sculpture Festival seeks partner for 2025
Farmers WeeklyFeb 26, 2024
Bi-annual event continues to attract more and more artists and visitors.
More dollars delivered for silt’s removal
Richard RennieFeb 12, 2024
Latest allocation for Gabrielle cleanup welcomed in Hawke's Bay and Gisborne.
Hastings eyes massive Gabrielle funding shortfall
Neal WallaceFeb 8, 2024
Question of who will stump up $580m to repair roads and bridges still to be settled.
NZVA says VBS funding needs to be lifted
Gerald PiddockFeb 7, 2024
Appeal of voluntary bonding scheme must be maintained, body cautions.
a2 Milk Company calls for grant proposals
Farmers WeeklyJan 15, 2024
Company has $630,000 to spend on sustainability projects.
Craigmore launches second research grant
Annette ScottNov 29, 2023
Rural investment company offers new scholarships for ag research.
Funds earmarked for North Island flood protection
Farmers WeeklyOct 9, 2023
Infrastructure projects get $11.2m from Budget vote.
Funding boost for food systems project
Farmers WeeklySep 20, 2023
Researchers, iwi in $10m project combining indigenous knowledge and practices and science to safeguard food supply
Additional mental health support available amid cyclone recovery
Tony BennyAug 1, 2023
When floodwaters recede leaving farmers staring down the barrel of costly repairs to their land and infrastructure, it can seem overwhelming, but financial assistance is at hand.
Govt spends $50m on fire station upgrades
Farmers WeeklyJul 31, 2023
Boost for regional firefighting as 26 stations improved over past three years.
Funding boost welcomed by Rural Support Trusts
Neal WallaceJul 3, 2023
Rolling sequence of extreme weather events have stretched resources.
Govt announces North Island Weather Events support package
Craig PageJun 29, 2023
Government to underwrite cheaper loans with banks and provide $240m pool for equity finance.
Government needs to act now to save men’s lives
Guest writerJun 13, 2023
A two-stage programme has the potential to halve the number of lives claimed by prostate cancer every year.
‘We need to get it right’ says McAnulty, explaining aid delays
Neal WallaceJun 1, 2023
The government is aware that Gabrielle package will set precedent for future climate events.
Little for ‘individual farmers’ in relief package
Neal WallaceMay 17, 2023
Growers’ hopes now pinned on June funding announcement.
Hawke’s Bay welcomes recovery funding package
Neal WallaceMay 15, 2023
Almost a billion dollars in package to fund work from treating traumatised children to repairing infrastructure.
Hawke’s Bay hort ‘needs $960m from govt’
BusinessDeskMay 9, 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle is understood to have affected approximately 35% of local crop production value.
RWNZ appeals for funds as demand rockets
Annette ScottMay 5, 2023
Fund has been a financial ‘first responder’ for rural families after floods.
Govt bumps up Gabrielle relief again
Farmers WeeklyApr 6, 2023
Further $23m made available to support those hit by cyclone, floods.
Banks grant Craigmore hefty green loan
Farmers WeeklyMar 21, 2023
Partnership will receive financial incentives as it delivers targets linked to its sustainability strategy.
Govt funds field almost 3400 applications for financial help
Craig PageMar 10, 2023
Cyclone Gabrielle could wind up costing farmers $1 billion, say Feds.
Cyclone Gabrielle recovery funds topped up again
Farmers WeeklyMar 7, 2023
A further $26 million added, taking total primary sector support to $55m.
Govt puts funds into post-doc GHG studies
Farmers WeeklyMar 1, 2023
Millions of dollars from climate action budget will support researchers in the field.
Govt unlocks funds to support flood-damaged regions
Charlie WilliamsonFeb 3, 2023
Funds made available for Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Northland and Bay of Plenty regions.
O’Connor seeks rethink on weather relief
BusinessDeskJan 24, 2023
The relief funds budgeted for response and recovery were used up in first two months of financial year prompting a need for a rethink.
Farm adviser research creating change from the ground up
Guest writerDec 19, 2022
The Rural Professionals Fund, established in 2020, is now accepting applications for its fourth – and final – round of funding.
Measured welcome for science white paper
BusinessDeskDec 9, 2022
Paper criticises competitive structure of Crown Research Institutes.
PlantTech liquidated after funding dries up
Richard RennieNov 10, 2022
Liquidation labelled a tragedy that will put the country’s horticultural sector back years in its tech efforts.
Govt opens a tap on rural water funding
Farmers WeeklyNov 2, 2022
$10m available to help rural suppliers meet new standards.
Govt backs North Canterbury water project
Farmers WeeklyOct 27, 2022
Amuri Basin work will assist the government’s goal of restoring waterways, O’Connor says.
DINZ eyes $5m push into key US market
Annette ScottOct 27, 2022
Retail foothold would be deer’s ‘third leg of the stool’.
MPI backs bid for top US certification
Farmers WeeklyOct 17, 2022
Aim is to scale up lamb producers meeting Land to Market standards
Water volunteers seek steady funding stream
Farmers WeeklyOct 7, 2022
Catchment groups doing ‘phenomenal’ work on very tight budgets.
Aquaculture industry gets funding boost to grow workforce
Charlie WilliamsonOct 6, 2022
The aquaculture industry will receive a cash injection to ease workforce woes and grow the industry.
Government backs Māori horticulture project
Farmers WeeklyAug 16, 2022
Large-scale endeavour will unlock Northland bounty, minister says.
More funds for rural connectivity
Farmers WeeklyJul 5, 2022
The Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI’s) Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund is co-investing $149,500 to help WISPA…
Strong backing for new wool venture
Annette ScottJul 1, 2022
National Council of NZ Wool Interests chair Rosstan Mazey is confident Wool Impact will have the capability to…
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