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The sector still adding jobs and paying an average $70k
If you want a job right now, your best shot may come from farming.
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Prominent farming advocate dies in incident on farm
10 Dec 2024Chris Allen, 62, was a well-known and respected Canterbury farmer.
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Farmers turn 'crap' paddocks into profit
10 Dec 2024The government has announced it is partnering with Hawke's Bay farmers and the council and co-investing $995,000 to grow the Land for Life project.
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Nearly 160,000 hens culled amid bird flu outbreak
9 Dec 2024A fourth shed at the Hillgrove farm has now been confirmed as infected with the H7N6 virus. Audio
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How pills for cows and 'light recipes' may help slow global warming
7 Dec 2024A range of tools are not too far off to knock back greenhouse gases from livestock burps.
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Extent of bird flu outbreak may not be apparent for weeks
7 Dec 2024Scientists have now tested about 1000 samples, but with symptoms taking up to 21 days to develop, there is plenty more testing to come.
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Milking does and making cheese, all in a day's work
6 Dec 2024"We do the whole process here on the farm because it preserves the quality of the milk. It's only traveling from the barn to my cheese kitchen."
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'Save our Mill' meeting offers glimmer of hope
10 Dec 2024Green MP Tamatha Paul says there's a feeling of determination in Tokoroa after last night's 'Save our Mill' meeting. Audio
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'Defend the shed' - how the poultry industry has been preparing for a bird flu outbreak
8 Dec 2024How are chicken and egg farms protecting themselves from avian flu? Country Life visited a broiler chicken farm to find out what good biosecurity practice involves.
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We're not out of woods yet with bird flu, expert warns
6 Dec 2024It can take up to three weeks for birds to start showing signs of disease, Professor Jemma Geoghegan says.
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Agreement reached with Australia to restart chicken exports
6 Dec 2024Meanwhile, officials now believe an existing disease, not bird flu, killed chickens at a small free range.
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Bird flu: MPI confident it has resources if outbreak becomes more widespread
5 Dec 2024A biologist says she will not be surprised if the "highly contagious" disease spreads to other poultry farms. Audio
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Farmers hopeful for cattle river grazing renewals
5 Dec 2024But conservation groups have long opposed the practice of allowing cattle in the braided river valleys.
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Bird flu: No known connection between first and second farm
Officials have not yet found any links between a second chicken farm that has been isolated, and a poultry farm where bird flu has been identified. Audio
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Government announces sweeping changes to limit forestry conversions
Farming groups and rural communities have been raising concerns over forestry conversions for years.
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'Beyond disappointing': Kāinga Ora rejects wool carpet
4 Dec 2024The minister in charge of wool says it's frustrating government departments aren't listening.
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'It was a long process getting the farms clean' - Australian farmer hit by bird flu
3 Dec 2024An Australian egg producer hit by bird flu warns NZ farmers it's likely to take months to get birds back on the farm and laying. Audio
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'No major impact on egg supplies' as hen culling to begin
3 Dec 2024New Zealand has about 3.9 million layer hens a year, Biosecurity NZ says.
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Months of getting prepared for highly pathogenic avian flu
3 Dec 2024Since a deadly strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, started circulating around the world, New Zealand government officials have been preparing for its arrival.
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'Treating it like playing with Lego': Criticism of Government's plan for fewer trees on farms
5 Dec 2024The Forestry Owners Association says they're trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist and are using a blunt tool to do so.
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Bird flu outbreak: Don't eat raw eggs, experts warn
3 Dec 2024It's important eggs aren't eaten raw - they need to be properly cooked, as part of food safety measures, MPI says.
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All poultry exports on hold until highly pathogenic bird flu eradicated
2 Dec 2024The Biosecurity Minister has also confirmed the farm at the centre of the outbreak had an outbreak of another virus in 2019. Audio
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Watch: Country's first case of high pathogenic bird flu
2 Dec 2024There are 40,000 chickens inside the shed where the high pathogenic bird flu has been identified.
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Could biochar be the wonder product for forestry and farming?
30 Nov 2024A large farm and forestry operation in the Far North is keen to turn its slash from upcoming harvests into something that benefits the land, climate and stock.
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