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Tauranga firm's robot cut above rest at US agri tech event
25 Oct 2022A new robot that can help with orchard jobs, such as spraying and pruning, has been unveiled at a conference in the United States.
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Cherry growers hopeful for harvest but wary of challenges
25 Oct 2022In Central Otago, the cherry blossoms are slowly giving way to fruit after a colder start to spring.
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M bovis: Cattle at fifth Mid-Canterbury property infected
21 Oct 2022The latest property confirmed as having cattle infected with Mycoplasma bovis was inside the controlled area notice announced in Wakanui last week.
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Emissions pricing: 'All voices need to be heard' - Fonterra
21 Oct 2022The dairy co-operative says it has reservations about the government's approach to pricing on-farm emissions.
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Tractors roll into city centres in Groundswell protest
20 Oct 2022Tractors have been driven through main city centres in the latest protest by the farmer advocacy group Groundswell. Follow live updates
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Farmers begin to arrive in main centres as protest kicks off
20 Oct 2022Tractors are beginning to arrive on central city roads as part of a nationwide protest organised by Groundswell. Audio
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Govt's cheap call: Telcos firms save with 5G allocations
20 Oct 2022The government has allocated part of the 5G radio spectrum to major telecommunications companies instead of holding a revenue-generating auction.
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9ha forest in Wairarapa now 'protected forever' under QEII National Trust
20 Oct 2022A piece of Wairarapa farmland has become the 5000th area on private land to be protected under the QEII National Trust.
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Two butchers share supreme award in best sausage competition
19 Oct 2022More than 530 sausages from 93 butcheries were entered this year, after last year's competition was cancelled due to lockdowns.
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Wet weather crop delays costing arable farmers time and money
19 Oct 2022Wet weather in parts of the North Island over the past few months has been causing huge issues for farmers and growers, who have had to delay planting valuable crops.
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Dairy prices continue to fall in latest global auction
19 Oct 2022The average price at the fortnightly auction fell 4.6 percent to US$3723 a tonne, after falling 3.5 percent in the previous auction.
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PGW expects inflationary pressures to continue affecting on-farm profits
The rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) is warning inflationary pressures on input costs will affect on-farm profits.
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Shearing competition delayed by severe flooding in Victoria
17 Oct 2022The first trans-Tasman shearing and woolhandling test matches in more than two years are postponed, with the venue being used as an evacuation centre for people displaced by the floods.
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Rising cost of meat changing habits, butcher says
17 Oct 2022A central Auckland butcher says people are cooking differently to make meat go further as food prices hit a 13-year high.
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Sustainability targets will be in mix for Fonterra's future borrowing
17 Oct 2022The country's biggest company is aligning its funding strategy to meet its sustainability goals as well as those of an increasing number of funders.
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Council supports landowners in planting millions of trees planted on unproductive land
14 Oct 2022Waikato landowners have retired the equivalent of 21 average-sized farms of unproductive land and planted over 3 million trees in the past five years.
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New Zealand's first land-based salmon farm on its way
13 Oct 2022Mount Cook Alpine Salmon has announced it will construct the country's first land-based salmon farm.
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Farming company and contractor fined $76k over damage to Waikato stream
13 Oct 2022A farming company and an earthworks contractor have been fined $76,500 for environmental damage at a north Waikato stream that left 48 eels dead.
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Wet conditions dampen plans for potato planting in Horowhenua
13 Oct 2022Wet, soggy conditions have delayed the planting of potatoes in Horowhenua.
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Emissions pricing: Rural NZ 'ready' to protest
13 Oct 2022Groundswell New Zealand co-founder Bryce McKenzie confirmed the rural group was planning another national protest over the scheme that will require farmers to pay for agricultural emissions.
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M bovis: Controlled area notice enforced around infected farms
13 Oct 2022The next phase of the Mycoplasma bovis response begins today with a controlled area notice being enforced around infected farms.
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Emissions pricing plan 'utterly unacceptable' - Christopher Luxon
The government is celebrating its agricultural emissions pricing plan as a world-first, but the Opposition says industry consensus is being undermined. Audio
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Farmers, environmentalists weigh in on farm-level pricing plan
11 Oct 2022Farming and agriculture groups are decrying the government's proposal for farm-level emissions pricing, while environmentalists say it does not go far or fast enough.
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Farmer fined, banned from owning cattle after abuse
An Otago farmer has been fined $12,000 and has been banned from owning cattle for five years after failing to provide adequate care for animals.
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