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Dealing with fast spreading pest hits new milestone for Otago Regional Council
9 Apr 2024Efforts to remove wilding conifers from the Queenstown Lakes have hit a major milestone, shifting from management to maintenance only.
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Wool keratin-based pigment attracts international interest
9 Apr 2024Products made from New Zealand's strong wool clip are set to colour the world.
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Food and fibre qualifications overhaul underway
All agricultural qualifications, outside of university, including level 2 and 3 courses at high school are under review.
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Jump in productive land being used for urban development
10 Apr 2024Fruit and vegetable prices could rise by 58 percent because of of a drop in productive land, Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ research suggests.
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Government opening door to foreigner farm land buyers - Labour
10 Apr 2024Changes have been made to the way applications are handled in order to speed up the process and reduce uncertainty, the minister says.
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Imam dairy farmer fined $200,000 over migrant exploitation
8 Apr 2024One of the workers raised the alarm with MBIE.
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'Shaky' times for scientific research as Our Land and Water challenge set to end
8 Apr 2024The gains made in agricultural science over the past decade could slow as the government funding tap runs dry, the programme's director says.
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Federated Farmers welcomes probe into rural banking interest rates
The Primary Production Select Committee has started an investigation into rural banking.
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Rock lobster industry voluntarily lowers quota to aid fishery's recovery
5 Apr 2024Habitats of the Gisborne spiny rock lobster have been impacted by increased sediment deposition as a result of extreme weather including recent cyclones.
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Sheep race set to be a traffic-stopper in Te Kuiti
The popular Running of the Sheep is returning to Te Kuiti's main street on Saturday.
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Piggery effluent lands Canterbury farm $29,000 fine
4 Apr 2024A mid-Canterbury farm has been fined for discharging piggery effluent.
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Help a grower - buy some feijoas
A glut of feijoas on the market is good news for fans of the fruit, but bad news for growers battling falling prices.
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Farmers have 'fingers crossed' for rain after driest summer on record
Rain forecast for Thursday cannot come soon enough for drought-stricken South Island farmers.
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Mycoplasma bovis eradicated from New Zealand - again
2 Apr 2024The last known farm infected with cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has been cleared, bringing the country's toll of active confirmed properties to zero.
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'A horse in a small package': Tiny equines ready to take on big race
Four-legged athletes will thunder down Ninety Mile Beach in what is being called "the biggest miniature horse race in the world". Audio
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Third-generation cowboy takes out national rodeo championship
28 Mar 2024Johnson Davis has been riding since he was a toddler and says he is "chuffed" to have the title - and the winner's trophy saddle.
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Independent panel to review 2050 methane target, government announces
6 Apr 2024Ministers say agriculture's contribution to climate change targets need to be "fair and appropriate" compared to other sectors.
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Govt urged to sell farming body Pāmu into private ownership
An agribusiness accountant says selling Pāmu could boost government finances by $2 billion.
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Dairy prices rise for first time since February
The average dairy price rose 2.8 percent in the latest auction overnight.
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Silver Fern Farms reports $24m loss
The country's largest meat processor and marketer Silver Fern Farms has reported a $24.4 million loss due to suppressed consumer demand in key markets.
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Wild horse lovers hustle to find homes for herd
30 Mar 2024After last year's muster was cancelled, nearly half the herd is looking for homes - and they are running out of time.
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Ewe won't baah-lieve it - Inside the secret lives of sheep
As animals go, the sheep might be considered by some as the perfect embodiment of docility, but they're not mundane mindless mammals - not in the slightest. Video
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Synlait Milk in trading halt to finalise $130m loan extension
28 Mar 2024The company said it requested the trading halt to give it more time to talk to its bankers and major shareholder about the loan repayment.
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Drought declaration unlocks support for some North Island farmers, growers
Extremely dry conditions affecting North Island farms are not expected to improve in the short-term, the Minister of Agriculture says.
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