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The perfect storm for avocado growers
The current New Zealand Hass avocado season will be one growers will want to forget.
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Fonterra to install its first electrode boiler at Edendale plant
26 Jan 2024The Southland site is next in line to have one of its coal boilers switched out for a renewable energy alternative.
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Mānuka: Strong genetic difference between NZ and Australia plants - research
Researchers are going as far as recommending the two plants should be called different species.
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Grower's great wall of maize to keep out selfie-seekers
23 Jan 2024A Taranaki sunflower grower has had to take security measures (of a botanical nature) to deter Instagrammers. Audio
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Zespri chief to leave the company
23 Jan 2024Dan Mathieson will stay with the kiwifruit marketer to oversee the 2024 harvest and the start of the sales before taking up a role with global berry company Driscoll's.
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New season apples to hit market after tough year
26 Jan 2024A bountiful harvest on the East Coast is expected to put new-season apples back on supermarket shelves. Audio
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Livestock Improvement Corporation posts solid $29 million half-year profit
The Animal genetics business has posted a solid financial result, despite revenue pressures due to the lower milk price.
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Northland kumara crop recovers after 2023 flood and cyclone
23 Jan 2024A kumara grower says good weather over the last few weeks is providing a sunny outlook for crop yields, after last year's near washout Audio
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Wood industry concerned Red Sea conflict could drive up shipping costs
The United States is advancing on the area after a string of attacks on commercial cargo ships by Iran-backed Houthi militants.
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Rain forecast hoped to bring relief to dry conditions
22 Jan 2024It's hoped forecast rain this week will help ease the dry conditions farmers and growers in multiple parts of the country are facing.
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Wool gathering pays off with high demand for natural sheepskin products
The rise in demand comes as people begin to turn away from plastic alternatives and "vegan" leather options.
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US group abandons legal action on higher tariffs for NZ lamb
A US lobby group has backed down on its call for greater import tariffs on New Zealand lamb.
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Red Sea attacks driving up freight costs - Rabobank
Tensions in the Red Sea are causing problems for exporters working to get key commodities into Europe.
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Where have all the apples gone? Cyclone Gabrielle, end of season affecting supply
We all know what they say about an apple a day - but what about when the shelves are empty?
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Hunters told to start 'solid strength and fitness training' ahead of roar
18 Jan 2024Outdoor safety advocates are urging hunters to get into shape ahead of the coming roar hunting season to avoid risking serious injury.
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Hail storm causes millions in losses
17 Jan 2024A group of 12 to 15 arable farmers are counting about $6 million in losses from a late hail storm landing in a belt running from Canterbury's Methven to Highbank.
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Call for national wine museum
9 Jan 2024"A light, white wine," read New Zealand's first ever tasting note, penned in 1840. Audio
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Racing pigs, rides and rural displays draw crowds to Kaikohe A&P
21 Jan 2024In the most anticipated political race since last year's general election, a piglet named David Seymour has beaten porker "The Jones Boy" - named in honour of NZ First's Shane Jones - by a nose.
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Prices up at latest Global Dairy Trade auction
The overall price index is now up more than 2 percent.
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On your marks, get set ... oink! Pig racing tries to steal the show
19 Jan 2024Pig racing with contestants named after politicians is expected to be one of the highlights of the Kaikohe A&P Show.
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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.