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'Pretty barren': Farmers desperate for downpour as lake runs low
An irrigation scheme is running dry with only a week's worth of water left.
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Farmer confidence 'still in the gutter'
11 Mar 2024Federated Farmers says it is good to see an improvement in confidence, but it is coming from the "lowest base we've ever had".
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'No turning back' - horse-trekking from Bluff to Picton
Karolin van Onna had been talking about horse trekking the length of the South Island for years and last summer she finally did it. Audio
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MPI aims to slash consultant spend by 34%
The department, which is being asked to find overall savings of 7.5 percent, spent $57.81m on consultants and contractors in the 2022-23 financial year.
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Growers eye sweet spot in the market for locally-grown bananas
8 Mar 2024A Northland horticulturist hopes consumers will soon be able to buy locally-grown bananas in New Zealand.
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More than 11,000 support petition to keep ban on live animal exports
The petition's organiser says he worked in the livestock export industry for 40 years and fears repealing the ban will unravel all the hard work that has been done.
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'Sensible' for infant formula producers to look beyond China for sales
The advice comes as China increases its own domestic dairy production and birth rates remain low.
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Government expects Pāmu to improve returns after half-year $3m profit
7 Mar 2024The government is not impressed with state-owned farming company Pāmu and is set to lay out expectations for the coming year.
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'They know NZ products' - Fonterra's high protein products make global inroads
7 Mar 2024Fonterra is making big inroads into the fast-growing protein-enriched food and beverage industry in Europe and North America, says the dairy cooperative.
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Dairy prices fall for first time in 4 months
6 Mar 2024NZX dairy analyst Rosalind Crickett said it was "the largest pricing slump felt on the platform since August last year".
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Wanaka A&P show: 'The best display of wool I've seen in a long time'
7 Mar 2024There has been a record number of fleece entries at Wanaka's A&P show this year, with judges blown away by the quality.
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Another speciality milk sector in turmoil
This time, it's dairy goat milk suppliers.
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Red-meat export value falls to five year low
Volatility in global markets has resulted in red-meat exports for January falling to a five year low.
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Audits on forestry practices will improve, industry says
5 Mar 2024International attention is continuing to hone in on forestry practices on the East Coast - with promises audits around harvest practices will improve.
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Dry conditions in South Island a 'tough time' for farmers - Minister
Some farmers at the top of the South Island are already distributing their winter feed supplies to stock as dry conditions bite.
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NZ samples added to shelves of remote global seed vault
4 Mar 2024Pasture seeds from New Zealand have just arrived in a doomsday mountain vault in Norway - safeguarding their survival into the future.
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Frustrated farmer says grassland deemed ‘outstanding natural landscape’
7 Mar 2024Some landowners were recently caught by surprise when the proposed West Coast district 'one' plan deemed sections of land as Outstanding Natural Landscape.
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Zespri battles counterfeit packaging in China
5 Mar 2024Zespri is cracking down on illegal activity in China with companies there using counterfeit Zespri packaging to sell kiwifruit.
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Kūmara prices tipped to drop as supply improves
Kūmara is back in abundance after many crops were devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle. Audio
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'Preposterous' - environmental group rails against plan for marine farm resource consents
1 Mar 2024The government is proposing extending the duration of all existing consents by 25 years - removing the need for new ones.
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Shock as Maui Milk tells suppliers to stop milking
1 Mar 2024Trouble has hit the fledging sheep-milk industry with one of the country's biggest players telling farmers to stop milking.
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Vegetables push through silt left by Gabrielle
29 Feb 2024The thick blanket cloaking productive land across Hawke's Bay might not be as suffocating as once thought.
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500 sign up as 'Wimbledon' of shearing balloons
29 Feb 2024More shearers are taking part this year, including crews from Australia, Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, France and Germany and even Mongolia.
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Are dairy calves better off being with their mothers?
Researchers will compare whether dairy calves are better off being with their mums or being reared by people.
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