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Hold or sell below cost: Velvet farmers facing tough season
16 Dec 2024Due to the flooded market, prices are back by about 20 percent which means some farmers will not make a profit this season.
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Researcher urges caution on rock lobster catch limit increase
15 Dec 2024Seafood industry players are welcoming a government proposal to ease catch limits - but an academic says the rock lobster population may not support it.
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Farming advocate was 'one of life's good buggers'
12 Dec 2024Chris Allen died, aged 62, in a tragic accident on his Ashburton Forks farm on Monday.
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Food, timber exports up on last year
Export revenue is set to reach $56.9 billion dollars in the year to the end of June 2025, driven by strong dairy prices and rebounding prices for red-meat and logs.
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Family of respected farmer grateful for support since his shock death
11 Dec 2024RNZ understands the well-known farming advocate died after being electrocuted while fixing a garage door on his property in Ashburton.
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Carrot and stick for ag in new emissions plan
11 Dec 2024Emissions Reduction Plan rewards tech uptake but starts pricing livestock emissions in five years' time.
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Kiwifruit growers back expansion of overseas plantings
11 Dec 2024Zespri aimes to increase plantings of the SunGold variety in Italy, France, South Korea and Greece.
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Farmers take Net Zero Banking Alliance complaint to Commerce Commission
11 Dec 2024Many banks have joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance, requiring clients to meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in order to get lower interest rates.
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Sweetcorn crop harvested early after perfect growing conditions
11 Dec 2024The sweetcorn season has come early - with Gisborne's crops being harvested two weeks earlier than usual due to perfect growing conditions.
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Fonterra converting two coal boilers in bid to reduce emissions
12 Dec 2024The $64 million project would see the coal boilers converted to wood pellets.
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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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