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Sheep farm profitability for next season 'sobering'; beef a 'green shoot' - BLNZ
9 Sep 2024It is looking like another challenging season ahead for the country's already struggling sheep farmers.
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Young hands help recreate ancient forest
8 Sep 2024Ancient podocarp forest has become a classroom for schoolchildren taking part in a project to link land, river and community
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A bird on the farm worth two in the bush?
6 Sep 2024How do you stop birds colliding with New York's skyscrapers and how can New Zealand farmers benefit from birds and other wildlife? These are just some of the questions Dr Sara Kross has been trying to…
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Farmer retires land he says 'shouldn't ever have animals on it'
6 Sep 2024"I've been farming on my own account for 52 years and cut down a fair share of trees, so now is my time to leave this place better than we found it," Chris Bolderston told Country Life.
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Fieldays chief executive Peter Nation announces resignation
11 Sep 2024Nation says navigating events and business upheaval during the "turbulent pandemic times" would go down as one of his highlights in the role.
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Supermarket shelves left empty as orange juice shortage hits
10 Sep 2024Local damage from Cyclone Gabrielle and a drought in Brazil have resulted in a shortage of orange juice.
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Backing for government's foot and mouth eradication plan
10 Sep 2024Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says any incursion of the viral animal disease would have dramatic impacts on exportsas animal product exports would halt immediately.
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Highway median barriers hit farmers in the pocket
7 Sep 2024Median barriers on SH2 near Katikati are "severely limiting" access and hurting horticultural and agricultural businesses, farmers say.
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Synlait's biggest shareholders to vote on $218m rescue package
6 Sep 2024A special meeting is scheduled for 18 September.
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Minister wants to roll back 'unworkable' forestry rules
5 Sep 2024The government is proposing to roll back the ability of councils to introduce their own tougher rules for forestry.
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Foot and mouth outbreak could cost $14.3b every year
5 Sep 2024New analysis reinforces the government's commitment to eradicate the disease that affects animals should it arrive in the country, the Biosecurity Minister says.
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Bird flu: MPI says eradication unlikely if virus arrives in NZ
5 Sep 2024The Ministry for Primary Industries is working to mitigate the impact of any avian influenza outbreak brought to the country by migrating birds.
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Australian farmers to get fix for methane-laced cow burps before NZ
6 Sep 2024A solution to dairy cows' methane-laced burps could be ready to sell to NZ farmers next year, but Australian farmers will get it first. Audio
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Uncertain future stalks celery growers
Some established celery growers say their future in the sector is uncertain after nearly a year of being paid below the cost of production.
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Beekeepers expecting to make a loss this season
4 Sep 2024Many beekeepers are expecting to make a loss due to an ongoing glut of honey.
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Agriculture industry hits out at proposed 'tax on a tax'
Agricultural aviators say a proposed increase of its industry levy will disproportionately impact agriculture.
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Liquidators appointed to investigate Waitonui Group
3 Sep 2024The company operated three large dairy farms in Taupō and North Otago.
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Rural principals cite workload, pay as reasons to quit
3 Sep 2024A significant number of rural principals intend leaving the job within four years of starting, according to a NZ Rural Schools Association survey.
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Growers convene in Tauranga for HortNZ conference
2 Sep 2024Bay of Plenty has hosted hundreds of horticulture leaders, growers and those from support sectors.
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'Perfect storm': The impact of drought in Hurunui district
3 Sep 2024Farmers and community leaders in North Canterbury tell RNZ about the ongoing drought, tough economic conditions and how the locals have been supporting each other.
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'You learn to take a deep breath': Coming together in times of drought
3 Sep 2024The rural sector in north Canterbury's Hurunui district describe how drought conditions and demanding economic settings have left them battling. Audio
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TB in cattle eradicated in West Coast farming area
2 Sep 2024A quarter of herds in the small West Coast farming community of Hari Hari had been infected.
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Farmers spending millions of dollars on pest control
30 Aug 2024Federated Farmers latest pest survey of 700 farmers found farmers are spending on average $5.45 a hectare controlling pests like deer, goats, possums, cats and geese
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New deal with China on deer velvet huge relief for industry
29 Aug 2024MPI officials secured a deal with China on deer velvet imports just as the new velvet season gets underway.
