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Union warns against meat self-inspection plans
A union says potential plans to privatise New Zealand's meat inspection service could put food quality and safety at risk.
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PGG faces $780K in liability for farm sale negligence
30 Jun 2025Court documents showed the sale featured incorrect descriptions about the herd size and milk production at the 105 hectare site near Hokitika.
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Invest in nature, no gumboots required
28 Jun 2025Country Life: What are biodiversity credits and how can they work for NZ?
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Bokashi by the tonne - chocolate brown and teeming with worms
27 Jun 2025Two North Canterbury farmers have been bitten by the bokashi bug. As well as being a soil superfood, it's also cost effective.
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Pygmy goats: Big business in a tiny package
New Zealand's first, and smallest, pygmy goats are in high demand - and big prices are being paid.
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Advocates renew calls to end colony-cage egg farms
25 Jun 2025After the ban of conventional cages, producers had the option to move to colony cages, barns and free-range systems.
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Roebuck Farm - where the garden beds are rich 'like chocolate cake'
28 Jun 2025Over the past 20 years, Jodi Roebuck and his wife Tanya have turned a bare paddock into a thriving market garden with an emphasis on microgreens.
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Jobs at stake for meat workers
28 Jun 2025Meat plants across Aotearoa are struggling to match low volumes of livestock coming through with staffing levels.
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Massive transfer of wealth: Family farmers, growers spurred to start succession planning
24 Jun 2025The agriculture and horticulture sector will see the largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, with farm assets estimated to be worth $150b.
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Could spiders help manage pests on New Zealand's farms?
24 Jun 2025It's been estimated that spiders consume up to 800 million tons of (mostly) bugs globally per year.
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Stewart Island solar farm to fight high power prices gets funding
The government is providing $15 million for a solar farm on Stewart Island with the hope of reducing steep power prices.
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Family linked to rugby royalty gives homestead new lease on life
23 Jun 2025The home at Kiwitea, near Feilding, now lends itself to agritourism due to its quiet and accessible location.
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Digging deep into indigenous know-how
20 Jun 2025Nick Rahiri Roskruge's work in agriculture and soil science have taken him far afield, looking at crops sustaining indigenous communities.
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Feeling stressed? Cuddle a cow, says dairy farm
Proceeds from the bovine bonding help fund a nearby wildlife preserve.
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New kiwifruit season forecasts revealed
18 Jun 2025Zespri was expecting another record crop for the 2025/26 season.
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Finding forever home for old farming dogs getting harder - charity
The charity has rehomed about 1800 farming canines over the last decade.
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Stars, soil and whakapapa - 'We're just caretakers, really'
20 Jun 2025This Matariki, the stars align for Mark and Susannah Guscott - an award-winning couple bringing together whakapapa and astronomy on their sixth-generation Wairarapa farm.
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'We can grow anything here': Taranaki family's growing experiment
20 Jun 2025On their family whenua in north Taranaki, the McClutchies grow different crops and aspire to growing Māori medicinal plants.
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IRD finds $45m of undeclared tax in horticulture industry
A spokesperson said they were seeing concerning practices in the sector, that included people being paid under the table.
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Paving the way to NZ's future, using robots and kiwifruit leather
17 Jun 2025Dozens of innovators showed off their wares at Fieldays, offering solutions to problems - and a bit of hope.
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Chainsaw drone could tackle risky trees
16 Jun 2025The unmaned vehicle has the potential to make trimming trees in difficult areas safer and easier.
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Researchers look at turning blueberry, avocado waste into packaging
16 Jun 2025Research organisation Scion aims to come up with viable alternatives to plastic.
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The quail kid - cracking the egg market aged 12
16 Jun 2025Hamish Sturgeon has been rearing quails for their eggs since the age of 11.
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Weed killer to be debated in High Court
16 Jun 2025The Environmental Law Initiative is challenging the Environmental Protection Authority's refusal to reassess glyphosate and glyphosate-based substances Audio
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Hunters feeding hungry Cantabrians with tonnes of venison meat
13 Jun 2025Hunters around North Canterbury have their eyes on the target to help feed around 8000 residents in need each month with donated venison meat.
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Fieldays boss expects 2025 sales to top last year
13 Jun 2025And with still two days to go, including 'Super Saturday', chief executive Richard Lindroos is quietly optimistic. Audio
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From generation to generation - a century at Daisybank
14 Jun 2025Strong family support, innovation and a dash of good luck have seen the Harvey family of Wairarapa clock up 100 years on Daisybank Farm near Martinborough.
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Call for more rural psychologists to help farmers
12 Jun 2025There are disproportionately high suicide statistics in rural areas. Audio
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