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'Ghastly' theft as farm loses hundreds of kgs of blueberries
11 Jan 2024At this time of year, it was a significant loss for the Bay Blueberries farm.
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Criticism helps spur shearer Amy Silcock to break world record
A shearing champion says stubbornness and determination to prove critics wrong saw her crack a world record on Sunday.
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Rural Taranaki turns on the festive charm
Country Life - The Grinch is surfing through paddocks and cows are driving tractors on the rural roadside of Taranaki - but who won the festive farm art competition? Audio
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'It's going to be a three-to-four year recovery, $1m-$1.5m probably' - station owner
Ten months after Cyclone Gabrielle, bad weather has left the recovery for many East Coast and Tairāwhiti farmers stuck in the mud.
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A2 Milk adds costs on Synlait amid contract dispute
Speciality dairy company A2 Milk has ramped up pressure on its supplier Synlait Milk.
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Dairy prices rise again at year's last trade auction
The average price rose 2.3 percent to US$3388 a tonne, while the whole milk powder price was up 2.9 percent to US$3207 a tonne.
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King Country shearer breaks world record
20 Dec 2023Sacha Bond has become the first woman to shear more than 700 sheep in a nine-hour day.
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Record low satisfaction with banks from farmers - survey
The number of farmers still satisfied with their banking relationship had gone down nearly 1 percent to 56 percent in a new survey.
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The 'spy' wallabies infiltrating mobs of their own kind
19 Dec 2023The 'seeker' wallabies fitted with GPS collars have been airlifted into the wild in the hope they will lead hunters to other members of the species.
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Farmers urged to be safe on quad bikes this Christmas
18 Dec 2023WorkSafe is investigating the deaths of two workers on quad bikes recently - one near Stratford in late November, and the other near Tauranga in December.
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Great corn crop despite 'war against the weather'
18 Dec 2023The country's largest corn grower said despite recent wet weather the crop is looking great as cobs start hitting supermarket shelves.
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Rebuilding orchards and vineyards, one fencepost at a time
16 Dec 2023Almost 12,500 broken orchard and vineyard fenceposts ripped from the ground during Cyclone Gabrielle have found new homes in farms across Hawke's Bay.
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Farmer confidence remains low but sentiment improving - survey
Primary producers are bracing for conditions in the agricultural economy to worsen over the coming year, according to a survey.
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Second Selwyn farm infected with mycoplasma bovis
15 Dec 2023The farm and another next door will have to be cleared of cattle and disinfected.
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Decline in export revenue forecast due to low demand, prices
14 Dec 2023New Zealand's food and fibre exports are forecast to dip this year mainly due to softer demand and weaker prices for dairy and red meat.
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Fewer licences to be released for growing Sungold kiwifruit
14 Dec 2023Kiwifruit marketer Zespri will release fewer licences to grow the gold variety next season and it won't release any for the Ruby-Red variety.
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Wool storage almost at full capacity in North Island
13 Dec 2023With the new season of shearing now underway, it is expected things will get worse.
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Fears for growers' income if boggy ground prevents maize planting
13 Dec 2023Soggy ground conditions have left arable growers on the East Coast struggling to get maize in the ground.
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Irrigation technology claims to save water usage by 50 percent
13 Dec 2023New technology which could help save water use in the horticulture sector is being trialled in Hawke's Bay orchards this summer.
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Sunflower farm: From family tragedy to blooming business
12 Dec 2023An idea that emerged from a family tragedy has transformed into a blooming business for a Waikato farmer.
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Highly invasive moth survives NZ winter, effort underway to contain it
11 Dec 2023A co-ordinated effort is underway to control a highly invasive moth that causes devastation to maize, sweetcorn and other crops. Audio
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Scales forecasts full-year after-tax profit of $14-19 million
Apple, pet food and logistics group Scales Corporation has reaffirmed its guidance for the 12 months ending December.
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Good news for ewe - more lambs born this year
7 Dec 2023Nearly 21 million lambs have been born this year - a 2.6 percent increase on last year.
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Cutting methane from livestock burps 'essential' to limit global warming
8 Dec 2023The world's top agriculture body has presented a blueprint for how to get livestock emissions down at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.