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'Disaster waiting to happen': Fears carbon farming increases risk of wild fire
The increasing number of farms being planted in trees for carbon farming is raising fears about the spread of pests and fire risk. Audio
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Miley the Huntaway's a 'main dog' now
16 Aug 2025For the past year, Country Life has been watching Wairarapa dog triallist Chris Shaw train up his latest working dog, Miley - a young Huntaway that's got that…
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Mud and Blood - Westland rugby teams battle it out
16 Aug 2025Every winter, the Woodham Shield brings together remote South Westland communities for a fiercely contested grassroots rugby battle steeped in pride and…
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Warnings of ecological crisis from wilding conifers
15 Aug 2025Southland officials are warning the pines have caused a land-use and biosecurity crisis for the region.
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High hopes for new biofuel's impact on shipping emissions
14 Aug 2025A new biofuel is making waves in the shipping sector and could help exporters reduce their transport emissions.
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Avo a-plenty: New season fruit starts to hit stores
New Zealand shoppers are getting good prices for new season avocados, as harvest volumes balance out after a record year last year.
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Desperate plea from struggling grain sector
Low product prices have prompted desperate calls for New Zealand farmers, mills and shoppers to take up local grain.
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Overseas company wants to buy stake in NZ red meat co-operative
12 Aug 2025Irish company Dawn Meats Group wants to buy a 65 percent stake for $250 million.
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'Farmluencer' creates online community for female farmers
12 Aug 2025Anthea Rolfe started the Females in Farming social media page a year ago and said it just exploded.
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Fencing donations for flood-hit Tasman farmers
12 Aug 2025Tasman district farmers hit by recent floods are trying to piece their riverside farms back together, after losing land, livestock, bridges and key fencing infrastructure.
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Why we need to grow more rice in New Zealand
11 Aug 2025Pretty much the last place you'd think you'd find a rice paddy growing is on a hill in Nelson, but Yuki Fukada is doing just that.
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Post-harvest horticulture workforce will need to develop new skills, report finds
11 Aug 2025As new technologies see the horticulture sector become increasingly automated, its post-harvest workforce will need to develop new skills.
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Cover crops and critters - a dirty love affair
9 Aug 2025Stephen Newman has gone from IT to conventional farming to becoming a devotee of the regenerative farming movement.
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How to weather the great grass shutdown in the south
9 Aug 2025The gloom and wet of winter is especially challenging for Southland's farms where pasture can go for nearly a third of the year without growth.
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Primary industries explore gene tech opportunities
8 Aug 2025Many scientists say the effective near 30-year ban on the use of gene technologies has held them back from progress.
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Strong demand for apples sees T&G Global return to profit
8 Aug 2025The Envy variety had a strong growing season.
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'A massacre': Two roaming dogs kill 50 backyard birds
7 Aug 2025One resident said the dogs chewed through mesh wire to break into their bird aviary.
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Farmer creates 'Tinder' for dairy cows
6 Aug 2025"Basically, it's a matchmaking service for dairy farmers and their cows."
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Canterbury firm keeps craft wool processing in New Zealand
The country's last operational woollen dye house and spinning mill has been saved from the scrap heap.
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Federated Farmers' comments on police 'not helpful', district commander says
6 Aug 2025Police are accusing Federated Farmers of scaremongering over a proposed restructure in rural Canterbury. Audio
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Are NZ shoppers hungry for genetically-modified foods?
6 Aug 2025Food Standards Australia New Zealand approved updated definitions for genetically-modified food in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code in June for review, following public consultation. Audio
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Should we be farming weka?
5 Aug 2025That's the focus of a recent research paper that looked at how commercialising native species might help with conservation.
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Shoe-box sized device helps growers detect diseases
5 Aug 2025A new device is helping growers detect diseases out of thin air.
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Sales boom for Kāpiti Coast roadside raw milk red shed
2 Aug 2025It's a busy time of year for Stacey Faith, calving 300-plus cows, rearing their calves and keeping the Faith Farm's roadside milk dispensing outlet going, providing locals with milk fresh from the…
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Outsmarting a million dollar pest
2 Aug 2025Are some grapevines better at defending themselves from pests? Trials are being conducted to find out.
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Country Life: On the Farm
2 Aug 2025The latest regional wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around New Zealand.
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National wild goat hunting competition kicks off
1 Aug 2025Hunters are targeting thousands of wild goats in a nationwide competition in efforts to protect farmland and the environment.
