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Deep dive: See the potential that is seaweed
As part of Aotearoa's first seaweed festival, Pacific Harvest hosted a seaweed tasting event where people could sample various red, green and brown dried seaweeds.
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Sheep to chic with cosy crossbred wool
7:02 pm todaySometimes it takes an outsider to come in and give a dyed-in-the-wool farmer a wee nudge. This is where Southland entrepreneur Laura Todd comes in.
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Good times, tough times and everything in between
7:02 pm todayFarming in the wake of the Mount Tarawera eruption has tested the Ford family for nearly a century.
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South Taranaki farmers say drought is worst in more than 40 years
5:52 am todayMetService's Hāwera weather station has recorded just 123mm this summer - a little over half what it normally gets.
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Spring Sheep Milk Co takes on new investors
20 Mar 2025Company chief executive Nick Hammond said the investors are agri-business people from New Zealand and the US, as well as two Chinese investors to boost in-country marketing.
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Chlorinated water in your Sav? No, say winemakers
20 Mar 2025Marlborough's wine sector wants its water supply exempted from chlorination to protect production in the home of sauvignon blanc.
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Fonterra's half-year profit jumps to $729 million
The latest results show the dairy co-op is in great shape, its chief executive says.
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Some grapes won't make it into the vat this year
19 Mar 2025With wine still in vats from last year, lower sales and uncertainty over tariffs there's nervousness in the industry.
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Scientist looks to create unique 'NZ-flavoured' meat flake
Dr Renyu Zhang said it will be similar to traditional Japanese product Katsuobushi, but with a unique Kiwi twist.
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Farms turn into deserts as drought worsens
19 Mar 2025A drought has been declared in the Northland, Waikato, Horizons, Marlborough-Tasman, and Taranaki regions. Audio
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Blueberry boom: Market set to expand as confidence grows
17 Mar 2025Confidence in the future of blueberries as a crop will see the sector expand in coming years according to Blueberries New Zealand.
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'They get an honest answer, whether it's the good, the bad or the ugly'
14 Mar 2025Farmer Bradley Riggs has more than just the sheep to think about. He has high profile guests and celebrities staying at the farm's luxury lodge and enjoys showing them the kiwi farming life and…
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'From red tape to red carpet': The new market possibilities in India
14 Mar 2025Geoff Allott, a former Black Cap and co-founder of exporting company Quality NZ, has been in the Indian market for 12 years.
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'It's getting scary now': Drought-hit farmers face harsh winter
18 Mar 2025The clock is ticking for drought-stricken farmers in the Central North Island who fear if they don't get rain soon, no grass will grow before winter bites. Audio
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Southland show at 'the hole in the bush' still going strong after 85 years
16 Mar 2025Tuatapere's picturesque domain is transformed into a sensory celebration of rural life during the annual Waiau A&P Show.
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Meet NZ's national butchery team - the Sharp Blacks
14 Mar 2025The eight-strong team is heading to the World Butchers' Challenge in Paris later this month to represent New Zealand.
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Waikato farmers urged to watch for parasitic noodle-like weed
13 Mar 2025The yellow invasive plant grows in the shape of a messy circle and entwines itself around other plants.
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The women battling for excavator supremacy
13 Mar 2025History could be made at the National Excavator Operator Competition, where contests have had to dunk basketballs, pour tea, and scoop eggs in heavy machinery.
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Kiwi digger arm invention put through its paces
The digger arm for construction, horticultural and tree work will be put to the test at the country's largest rural field days.
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'Paddocks black with ducks' - Farmers call for mallard ducks to be classified as pests
13 Mar 2025An explosion of ducks is causing big problems for farmers as they are munching through crops.
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Hunters donate venison to needy families in Southland
14 Mar 2025Foodbanks in Southland are having kilos of venison delivered for free, along with recipes suggesting how to cook it.
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Caution urged for dairy farmers set for earnings boost
'Spend it wisely' Fonterra farmer shareholders told, after improved dividend values released, as many grapple with drought and low production, while global economic uncertainty looms.
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Farmer jailed for wilful ill-treatment of lambs and sheep
12 Mar 2025A Rangitikei farmer has been jailed for more than two years and disqualified from being in charge of animals indefinitely over the preventable deaths of lambs and sheep.
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Drought conditions see groundwater and dams used for livestock run dry
Agriculture Minister Todd McClay classified the conditions as a medium-scale adverse event, with the drought declaration opening up funding support and tax relief for farmers and growers.
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'Back to the land': Commune still going strong after 50 years
8 Mar 2025Rainbow Valley is located on regenerating whenua at the end of a gravel road near Tākaka. Several families share the land and help run a small farm for the benefit of the whole community.
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Essential water use only as Northland drought conditions worsen
13 Mar 2025Under level 4 restrictions introduced this week in Dargaville, town supply water may be used only for drinking, cooking, washing clothes and showering.
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Teen makes historic tractor-pull win
12 Mar 2025Ella Martin is the first woman to win the competition in it's almost 40-year history.
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'Short and sharp': Feijoa season in full swing
While volumes are down slightly, the quality of fruit is good, a grower says.
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