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Canterbury irrigation scheme 'will hold farmers to account'
27 Apr 2021The 10-year consent is subject to conditions including a 15 percent reduction in nitrogen losses by 2025 and 25 percent by 2030, auditing of farm environment plans, and more.
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NZ First still cautious about cameras on fishing boats
7 Sep 2020New Zealand First could still put the brakes on the extension of cameras on more fishing boats, depending on the outcome of the election.
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Fruit fly response wraps up after a year
3 Feb 2020An $18 million biosecurity response in Auckland finished on Friday, with New Zealand declared once again free of the Queensland fruit fly.
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Animal effluent warning for popular swimming river
The Feilding stockyards are the most likely source of a discharge of animal waste in two waterways, the regional council says.
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Women who grow up on farms have stronger lungs
28 Sep 2016Women who grow up on farms have stronger lungs than their city-raised counterparts, and children on farms are less likely to suffer allergies as adults, new research has revealed.
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European milk production drops
27 Sep 2016There's been a small decline in European milk production for the first time since early 2015.
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Bobby calf regulations to be strengthened
11 Jun 2016New regulations strengthening the law around the treatment of bobby calves is about catching out a few bad operators, Federated Farmers says.
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Illegal firearms could increase with system change
There will be more illegal firearm owners if proposed changes to firearms training and licensing go ahead, warns Rural Women New Zealand. Audio
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Fonterra votes to keeps governance structure
Fonterra's shareholders have voted to keep their current governance structure.
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Second rise in global dairy prices
2 Jun 2016Dairy prices rose overall in the lastest global auction - but the key whole milk powder price slipped back. Audio
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Farmer in stoush with Westland over milk premium
2 Jun 2016A farmer says Westland Milk Products backed out of a promise to pay a premium for winter milk - but the co-operative says it gave no such undertaking.
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Fonterra forecasts prices will improve
Fonterra is taking a conservative approach to next season's payout, but is expecting prices to improve, the co-operative's chairman John Wilson says.
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Australia supports indebted dairy farmers
Australia's government has announced $A550 million for dairy farmers after cuts to milk prices for farmers by Fonterra and Australian competitor Murray Goulburn.
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NZ seeds arrive at 'doomsday' vault
23 May 2016The first ever samples of New Zealand seeds to be stored in the Arctic's underground global seed vault are arriving at the Svalbard archipelago today.
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Chicken farmers 'losing business' over velvetleaf claims
Poultry farmers are losing business amid claims that chicken feed is spreading the pest plant velvetleaf, the Poultry Industry Association says. Audio
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Fonterra 'robbing from Australia to help NZ'
19 May 2016Fonterra is facing an angry backlash from devastated Australian farmers, who say Fonterra is cutting their payments to help New Zealand farmers.
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Dairy prices make slight gain
Dairy prices rose slightly in the global auction overnight.
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Drop in number of farms on the market
17 May 2016Farm sale prices held steady in April, but the number of farms on the market is falling, says the Real Estate Institute.
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Research into rural disease transmission
The transmission of diseases passed between animals and humans is the focus of research to be carried out by Otago University.
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Meatworker unjustifiably dismissed rules ERA
Talley's-owned South Pacific Meats has been ordered to pay a worker more than $35,000 after she was subjected to unjustified dismissal.
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Falling cattle numbers attributed to dairy price slump
The number of dairy cattle in New Zealand has fallen for the first time in about a decade, according to the 2015 Agricultural Production Survey.
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Aussie farmers rebel against Fonterra Australia
10 May 2016Fonterra Australia dairy farmers are rebelling after the company cut its milk price by 10 percent.
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Dairy Trainees of the Year begin three-day study tour
10 May 2016The 11 finalists in the 2016 Dairy Trainee of the Year competition begin a three-day study tour today, visiting award-winning farmers, Fonterra Innovation and Massey University's No 4 dairy farm.
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Duck hunting season starts with a bang
9 May 2016Thousands of hunters turned out across the country at the start of the new game bird hunting season, but some might face charges for not following the rules.
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