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Rural contractors are being urged to think about the 'F' word during the busy harvest period.

An East Coast beef station has become a test case for a habitat regeneration project offering Mahi Tokens to fund the environmental work.

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury president said the government's changes around the Resource Management Act will be well received by local farmers.

Rodeos are rising in popularity, and a group of Hawke's Bay cowboys and cowgirls have booked a date to revive their local event, which was last held 16 years ago.

Kate Briant, of The Rural Florist, juggles a busy young family with her burgeoning flower growing business.

A riverside tent becomes a classroom for the day for children taking part in the Ruamāhanga Farm Foundation project, connecting the awa with the local community.

A collection of Gisborne families are still anxiously awaiting updates about council-owned bridges destroyed during Cyclone Gabrielle, cutting them off from public roads.

The sector is hoping to spawn a fungi revival to get more of the healthy food item onto kitchen tables to boost grower returns.

Latest figures show at least 261,000 hectares of sheep and beef farmland have been converted into forestry since 2017.