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Piggery effluent lands Canterbury farm $29,000 fine
4 Apr 2024A mid-Canterbury farm has been fined for discharging piggery effluent.
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Help a grower - buy some feijoas
A glut of feijoas on the market is good news for fans of the fruit, but bad news for growers battling falling prices.
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Farmers have 'fingers crossed' for rain after driest summer on record
Rain forecast for Thursday cannot come soon enough for drought-stricken South Island farmers.
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Mycoplasma bovis eradicated from New Zealand - again
2 Apr 2024The last known farm infected with cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has been cleared, bringing the country's toll of active confirmed properties to zero.
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'A horse in a small package': Tiny equines ready to take on big race
Four-legged athletes will thunder down Ninety Mile Beach in what is being called "the biggest miniature horse race in the world". Audio
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Third-generation cowboy takes out national rodeo championship
28 Mar 2024Johnson Davis has been riding since he was a toddler and says he is "chuffed" to have the title - and the winner's trophy saddle.
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Independent panel to review 2050 methane target, government announces
6 Apr 2024Ministers say agriculture's contribution to climate change targets need to be "fair and appropriate" compared to other sectors.
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Govt urged to sell farming body Pāmu into private ownership
An agribusiness accountant says selling Pāmu could boost government finances by $2 billion.
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Dairy prices rise for first time since February
The average dairy price rose 2.8 percent in the latest auction overnight.
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Silver Fern Farms reports $24m loss
The country's largest meat processor and marketer Silver Fern Farms has reported a $24.4 million loss due to suppressed consumer demand in key markets.
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Wild horse lovers hustle to find homes for herd
30 Mar 2024After last year's muster was cancelled, nearly half the herd is looking for homes - and they are running out of time.
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Ewe won't baah-lieve it - Inside the secret lives of sheep
As animals go, the sheep might be considered by some as the perfect embodiment of docility, but they're not mundane mindless mammals - not in the slightest. Video
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Synlait Milk in trading halt to finalise $130m loan extension
28 Mar 2024The company said it requested the trading halt to give it more time to talk to its bankers and major shareholder about the loan repayment.
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Drought declaration unlocks support for some North Island farmers, growers
Extremely dry conditions affecting North Island farms are not expected to improve in the short-term, the Minister of Agriculture says.
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NZ Forestry 'struck to our knees' by weak demand
28 Mar 2024Log inventories are piling up as orders from China slow in wait for prices to hit rock bottom, a forestry consultant says.
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Southland businesses hit as farmers slow spending
The Southland Chamber of Commerce says nearby service industries are doing it tough as farmers spending drops.
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How climate change could affect microbes that give wine its specific flavours
The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine.
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Why the price of olive oil is rising
25 Mar 2024Supermarket giant Foodstuffs is warning of a olive oil shortage and in turn higher prices at the checkout.
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Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted discharge resource consent - High Court
26 Mar 2024Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted a resource consent for contaminant discharge in Ashburton, the High Court has ruled.
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AI takes on human for wine disease-spotting supremacy
26 Mar 2024A human is competing against an AI on a project aimed at detecting a disease costing the New Zealand wine industry millions.
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Feta no more: Group set up to rename NZ-made cheeses
26 Mar 2024The cheese industry is setting up a group to help rename some New Zealand made cheeses now the European Union Free Trade Deal has been ratified.
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Drought a boon for salt works
25 Mar 2024Dry conditions are no good for farmers right now, but at Dominion Salt's works south of Blenheim, workers can't get enough.
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Mining for local fertiliser better than buying 'blood phosphate' - report
25 Mar 2024New Zealand farms could stop buying 'blood phosphate' and lower their greenhouse gas emissions by getting a common fertiliser from local mines, a report says.
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Kiwifruit head excited for big returns this coming season
Kiwifruit growers are the most positive ever seen at the start of the season, an industry group says.
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