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Ewe won't baah-lieve it - Inside the secret lives of sheep
As animals go, the sheep might be considered by some as the perfect embodiment of docility, but they're not mundane mindless mammals - not in the slightest. Video
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Synlait Milk in trading halt to finalise $130m loan extension
28 Mar 2024The company said it requested the trading halt to give it more time to talk to its bankers and major shareholder about the loan repayment.
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Drought declaration unlocks support for some North Island farmers, growers
Extremely dry conditions affecting North Island farms are not expected to improve in the short-term, the Minister of Agriculture says.
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NZ Forestry 'struck to our knees' by weak demand
28 Mar 2024Log inventories are piling up as orders from China slow in wait for prices to hit rock bottom, a forestry consultant says.
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Southland businesses hit as farmers slow spending
The Southland Chamber of Commerce says nearby service industries are doing it tough as farmers spending drops.
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How climate change could affect microbes that give wine its specific flavours
The far-reaching consequences of climate change inevitably include the production of foods and beverages, including wine.
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Why the price of olive oil is rising
25 Mar 2024Supermarket giant Foodstuffs is warning of a olive oil shortage and in turn higher prices at the checkout.
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Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted discharge resource consent - High Court
26 Mar 2024Canterbury Regional Council unlawfully granted a resource consent for contaminant discharge in Ashburton, the High Court has ruled.
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AI takes on human for wine disease-spotting supremacy
26 Mar 2024A human is competing against an AI on a project aimed at detecting a disease costing the New Zealand wine industry millions.
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Feta no more: Group set up to rename NZ-made cheeses
26 Mar 2024The cheese industry is setting up a group to help rename some New Zealand made cheeses now the European Union Free Trade Deal has been ratified.
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Drought a boon for salt works
25 Mar 2024Dry conditions are no good for farmers right now, but at Dominion Salt's works south of Blenheim, workers can't get enough.
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Mining for local fertiliser better than buying 'blood phosphate' - report
25 Mar 2024New Zealand farms could stop buying 'blood phosphate' and lower their greenhouse gas emissions by getting a common fertiliser from local mines, a report says.
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Kiwifruit head excited for big returns this coming season
Kiwifruit growers are the most positive ever seen at the start of the season, an industry group says.
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Industry body calls for consistency over agricultural spraying rules
25 Mar 2024Unworkable and inconsistent regulations are making agricultural spraying near-impossible in some areas, says the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association.
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Rare bird returns to Wairarapa wetlands
24 Mar 2024Country Life - Kaitiaki of a world-renowned wetland at the bottom of the North Island are excited about the return of a critically endangered bird, the matuku-hurepō. Audio
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'Very dry riverbeds across Canterbury': Council allows water diversion
22 Mar 2024Farmers will be allowed to divert water into a dried-up creek where dead fish were found, after Canterbury Regional Council changes its mind.
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Low-cost posts for farms and no landfill charges for vineyards
24 Mar 2024Country Life - A start-up in Marlborough is busy repurposing damaged vineyard posts into sustainable posts for farm fencing. Audio
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Kaimanawa horses adoptions threatened by cost of living
22 Mar 2024The cost of living could see fewer people take home horses from the Kaimanawa Horse Muster this year, an advocate says.
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Waikato family fined $23k after seven dead cows found at farm
21 Mar 2024The cattle had minimal grass and mouldy, rotten food, with many suffering from worms and emaciation.
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Scientists making dairy-free cream, milk powder from seeds
Massey University is so confident about its technology that it is getting behind a new company that has its eyes on selling to the world. Audio
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'Started to bite': Farmers say weather driest since '80s
22 Mar 2024Canterbury and Otago farmers and growers facing drought conditions will now be able to get support.
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Family fined thousands over emaciated state of their cattle
21 Mar 2024Seven cows were found dead at the Quigleys' Waikato farm and three others had to be euthanised.
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MPI proposes cutting 231 staff, MOH looks to cut 180 jobs
21 Mar 2024More than 400 jobs could go as the Ministry for Primary Industries and the Ministry of Health look to cut their budgets.
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Fonterra half-year profit up 23%
21 Mar 2024Underlying profit from the ingredients, foodservice and consumer businesses fell, but were more than offset by a gain the global markets business.
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