http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/financenews/rural/ Rural News en-au Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:31:19 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080908/24/7vn6.html The ACE Group of Companies (NYSE:ACE), has today announced the launch of ACE Green, a specialized insurance solution covering the spectrum of environmental and climate related risks faced by businesses today. /080908/24/7vn6.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:15:00 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080908/3/7vki.html Farmers have welcomed rural services company PGG Wrightson taking a half-share in the nation's biggest meat company, Silver Fern Farms. /080908/3/7vki.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:51:09 GMT Farmers have welcomed rural services company PGG Wrightson taking a half-share in the nation's biggest meat company, Silver Fern Farms. NZPA http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080908/19/7vg3.html <b>Agribusiness </b>&nbsp;&nbsp; Some 131,126 hectares of land have been brought under jute cultivation in the current season exceeding the target as farmers of the southern region have been showing interest in its cultivation. /080908/19/7vg3.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:19:38 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080908/3/7v81.html The Craig Norgate-led rural services company PGG Wrightson today won a 50 percent stake in the nation's biggest meat company, Silver Fern Farms. /080908/3/7v81.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:22:30 GMT The Craig Norgate-led rural services company PGG Wrightson today won a 50 percent stake in the nation's biggest meat company, Silver Fern Farms. NZPA http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080904/25/7tk6.html /080904/25/7tk6.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:18:17 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080904/25/7t8s.html /080904/25/7t8s.html Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:56:49 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080903/8/7sit.html BUCHAREST (AFP) - About a thousand farmers protested Wednesday across Romania, driving into the capital with their tractors and lorries to demand a drastic cut in fuel prices, unions said. /080903/8/7sit.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:51:31 GMT <p>Romanian farmers protests in the front of the Romanian Parliament headquarters in Bucharest. About a thousand farmers protested Wednesday across Romania, driving into the capital with their tractors and lorries to demand a drastic cut in fuel prices, unions said.</p> AFP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080902/9/7r18.html The rising price of milk has helped improve the incomes of dairy farmers during the past year, new figures show. /080902/9/7r18.html Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:33:02 GMT The rising price of milk has helped improve the incomes of dairy farmers during the past year. AAP http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080901/3/7qyg.html State-owned Mighty River Power is asking the Government whether its application to build a wind farm development at Turitea near Palmerston North can be fast-tracked by being called in. /080901/3/7qyg.html Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:56:59 GMT http://au.rd.yahoo.com/rss/default/*http://nz.biz.yahoo.com/080901/19/7qo7.html <b>Environment / water pollution </b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Vietnam, one of the five countries possibly hardest hit by climate change, has set itself to raise sea and river dykes levels by 50 cm by 2020 and grow an additional 300,000 to 350,000 ha of wet-land forests and forests along dunes. /080901/19/7qo7.html Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:12:12 GMT