Rural News

The drought looks likely to reduce the number of lambs that will be born this spring.

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Hawke's Bay farmers say recent rainfall in the region is a huge relief, but it doesn't spell the end of their struggles.

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The Forestry Minister has taken a swipe at his own industry.

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Far fewer farms are being sold and Covid-19 is getting a lot of the blame, but so is a progressive drawback by banks from lending to the rural sector.

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A fund for drought-hit farmers has attracted more than a thousand applications.

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Farming groups have hit out at emissions trading reform legislation passed yesterday.

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