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Fonterra first quarter profit up 84 percent to $214m
8 Dec 2022Fonterra has presented a more optimistic picture for shareholders after a strong start to the 2023 financial year.
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Sex Outside the City campaign targets queer rural men for health check-ups
Its new billboard in New Plymouth encourages queer men to get regular swabs as part of STD tests, to check for common diseases like gonorrhoea and chlamydia.
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Stats NZ survey respondents at 67pc
8 Dec 2022Provisional results for Stats NZ's Agricultural Production Survey shows only 67 percent of expected respondents have replied.
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Ramping up: $1m boost for land-based whitebait farm in Southland
5 Dec 2022A land-based whitebait farming operation is being trialled in Southland with an aim of ramping up production to enter the market.
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Landmark decision on catch limits prompts group to seek more legal action
Further legal action will be taken against the government surrounding the protection of sea habitats and the species which rely on them, says a marine conservation group.
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'Not acceptable': Marlborough winery fails to submit waste reports to council
6 Dec 2022Marlborough's councillors have urged council to act after a winery failed to submit its wastewater and grape marc monitoring report.
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Environment 'think-tank' appeals against establishment of first open-sea fish farm
6 Dec 2022An environment 'think-tank' is appealing against the first open-sea fish farm being set up - saying it could negatively affect rare dolphins and the local ecosystem.
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Fieldays attendance lower than organisers hoped for
6 Dec 2022About 75,000 people attended Fieldays this year - a big drop on the more than the 130,000 organisers were hoping for.
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'Double whammy' sees main commodities at lowest level in nearly two years.
5 Dec 2022Falling world prices and a rising New Zealand dollar have battered returns for key export commodities to their lowest level in nearly two years.
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Increasing costs and price-shy customers leave stock movers struggling
Stock transport companies are struggling under increasing costs with large customers not willing to pay more.
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Country Life - Hawke's Bay has had good weather for flowering vineyards, while a dairy farmer in Southland says grass is shooting out of the ground after a good dose of rain.
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'Mindless act': Damage to scores of kiwifruit vines costly for grower - police
2 Dec 2022Police are investigating the deliberate cutting of 150 kiwifruit vines in an orchard in Bay of Plenty.
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Italian manufacturers buying more NZ skins and pelts
2 Dec 2022More luxury Italian leather products, including the upholstery for Ferraris, are starting their journey on New Zealand farms.
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Dairy, horticulture tipped to drive record rise in primary exports
1 Dec 2022Food and fibre exports are predicted to reach a record $55 billion dollars in the year to next June. Audio
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'We want to show the world': Emissions, sustainability at forefront of Fieldays
Visitors to this year's Fieldays have plenty to think about, with the government having launched its Centre for Climate Action on Agricultural Emissions yesterday.
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Fonterra and Nestlé have 10-year goal of first net zero emissions dairy farm
1 Dec 2022Dairy giant Fonterra and Nestlé have joined forces to try and create New Zealand's first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm.
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Fieldays begins with fine weather expected for the 4-day event
The gates at Fieldays are officially open with farmers, growers, buyers, sellers and families streaming into Mystery Creek.
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Climate change plan released to help kiwifruit growers deal with warmer conditions
Kiwifruit marketer Zespri has released a climate change adaptation plan to help growers mitigate the effects of the warming climate.
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The New Zealand Merino Company chief executive to step down
29 Nov 2022John Brakenridge says the company's future is looking bright as it celebrates three record years, but it's time to allow some new talent to come in.
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Factory switches boiler from coal to woodchips for potato chip production
29 Nov 2022A coal-fired boiler has been converted to use woodchips to make potato chips, cutting emissions at a Timaru factory by 95 percent.
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Locally grown macadamia nuts have more health benefits than those grown overseas
28 Nov 2022New research shows macadamia nuts grown in the Eastern Bay of Plenty hold their own internationally.
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Marlborough Wine and Food Festival to return after two-year Covid-19 hiatus
26 Nov 2022It will be the region's 36th festival, making it the longest running food and wine event of its kind in the country, with next year also marking 50 years since the first grapes were planted in…
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Immigration red tape frustrates short-staffed farmers
25 Nov 2022A Northland farmer fears immigration red tape will see an experienced German dairy hand walk away from a job vacancy that she desperately needs to fill.
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Fonterra receives go-ahead for capital restructure
The government has given Fonterra the green light for its capital restructure with changes expected to come into force in March.