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Northland avocado growers hope Australian shortage will lift prices
29 Nov 2024Last season, bad weather in Aotearoa flooded the domestic market with lower quality fruit.
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'It takes a special person to be a midwife out in the wop-wops'
29 Nov 2024Rural midwives have been finding themselves more and more stretched - on-call 24-7, and teamwork is key, one says.
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South Island backdrop as top rally drivers tackle gravel tracks
This year's rally features vehicles from all over the world, including cars such as Talbots, Escorts, Porsches and Lancias.
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Hawke's Bay farmers under pressure after one of driest springs for decades
Farmers are off-loading stock and crop are failing to strike as dry conditions start to bite.
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Most NZ dairy farmers put profitability first – but some are planting native trees anyway
27 Nov 2024Hedgerows, riparian plantings and shade trees can enhance native biodiversity on dairy farms.
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The cost of losing GE-free labelling on primary exports
A new report suggests they could be reduced by up to $10-20 billion in revenue each year.
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Live exports a bad look for NZ, port workers union says
The Maritime Union also has zero faith in government assurances of a gold standard for ships used for the trade. Audio
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Schoolkids put buzz back into biodiversity on a dairy farm
23 Nov 2024Young school students plant habitat for an endangered skink and learn heaps about biodiversity at a nature reserve on a North Canterbury farm.
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Getting the jump on wallabies in the Bay of Plenty
22 Nov 2024How are efforts to control wallabies in the Bay of Plenty working?
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Govt accused of betraying trust over live exports
The government has always vowed to reinstate live exports by sea, which was banned by the previous Labour government.
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In a step towards reducing greenhouse gases, farm begins methane testing
20 Nov 2024The facility will test which cattle are the most efficient converters of feed into growth - as well as which ones emit less methane.
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Detecting and diagnosing mastitis in 15 minutes in the field
20 Nov 2024A New Zealand start-up wants to give farmers a tool similar to the Covid-19 rapid antigen test for detecting and diagnosing mastitis in the herd.
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NZ's largest rural supply store Farmlands records more losses
The co-op has posted a $14.3 million net loss after tax for the year ended June 2024.
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Project farm boasting emissions cut a marketing stunt - Greenpeace
17 Nov 2024The project boasts a 27 percent reduction in absolute emissions, but Greenpeace says it doesn't address the cow in the room.
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Beekeeper living the sweet life at Bluff Station
18 Nov 2024Tessa Bryant never thought she'd find herself in a bee suit - but she's now learnt all about apiary, and realised she can give anything a go.
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In pictures: Taranaki's 'unsung heroes' of the environment
20 Nov 2024A food rescue charity, vital mahi to improve fish passages, pest animal and plant control, and long-term efforts to restore waterways have all been recognised at the Taranaki Regional Council…
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Shutting Timaru's Smithfield meatworks to cost Alliance more than $51m
The cost of shutting its Timaru meat works is costing the troubled red meat co-operative more than $51m.
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Family rose business in full bloom
For the Matthews whānau, growing roses isn't just a job: "We do it because it's our life and our passion, and we enjoy it."
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Young Kiwi rides high learning ancient equestrian craft
15 Nov 2024Sophia Stratford is following an ancient pathway, learning to make saddles through one of London's Worshipful Companies and she's given up a lot to get there.
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On the hunt for wallaby at 'Ground Zero'
15 Nov 2024A group of Te Arawa iwi are trying to reclaim their forest from mobs of wallabies which they say are killing the bush and gobbling up farmland.
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Healthy cows and worm-rich soil make Motupipi milkers happy
15 Nov 2024There's no looking back for a dairy farming couple who stopped adding imported feed and synthetic fertilisers to their paddocks.
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Mānuka honey exporter says China trade trip cause for optimism
A mānuka honey exporter says a recent trade trip to China gives cause for optimism that recovery is on the way for the ailing sector.
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Protesters call for Fonterra to phase out use of palm kernel expeller
14 Nov 2024About half a dozen protesters gathered outside the conference venue for Fonterra's annual general meeting, outnumbered about two-to-one by security staff and police.
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Kiwi keratin-based wool company signs first major international deal
15 Nov 2024Wool Source has been working with strong-wool based proteins for several years.
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