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Apple, pear industry worth $2b to economy
However, while the industry is booming, grower profits are not, its boss says.
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Cyclone-battered hall restored, reopened - only to find out it may have to move
23 Oct 2024It was fixed up to the tune of $300,000, but it might have to make way for flood protection.
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The new crop that's puzzling locals
23 Oct 2024The sight of a crop never grown before in New Zealand has been baffling residents.
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EPA signals reassessment of allowing herbicide US and Australia have banned
15 Oct 2024Australia and the United States have both banned the chemicals.
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Weedkiller deemed OK in NZ pulled off Australian shelves
14 Oct 2024The Environmental Protection Authority issued new rules for using the herbicide in September.
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Girls who Grow: The next generation of land girls
12 Oct 2024The new education programme helping empower the next generation of wāhine in agriculture recently launched across the wider Wellington and Horowhenua region targeting girls from urban backgrounds.
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Free venison mince feeds people in need
11 Oct 2024Hunters for Hope's Steve Hill and Adam Kreisel turn surplus venison from hunters and farmers into high-protein food parcels for low income families.
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Innovators recognised at annual Beef + Lamb awards
11 Oct 2024The best people, technology and innovations in the red meat sector have been recognised at the 2024 gala.
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Who is going to take over the farm?
10 Oct 2024Farmers are being told they need to have open and honest conversations with their family about the issue of succession.
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Family forced to tear out cherry orchard after storm
21 Oct 2024For 16 years Hugh and Linda Findlay have been selling their cherries from a shed near Napier. Audio
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NZ ramps up trade dispute with Canada
The two countries have locked horns for years over NZ dairy exporters' access to the Canadian market. Audio
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Hundreds of meatworkers brace for bad news this morning
18 Oct 2024South Canterbury man Ray Bowman did not muck around when he learned that he - like hundreds others at Smithfield - was facing probable redundancy.
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Public wants fast rivers clean-up but farmers call for handbrake
17 Oct 2024Two months of talking to Taranaki people has exposed the split between the farming industry and the rest of the region over polluted rivers.
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'Absolutely devastating': 21 school bus routes axed
14 Oct 2024Rural groups are raising the alarm over the review and cancellation of school bus routes.
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New measures help reduce seal deaths while fishing - Sealord
11 Oct 2024The company's boats caught 49 seals in the 2023-24 season.
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What's in Section 70 of the RMA? A council wants it urgently changed
10 Oct 2024A "legal technicality" will cost farmers and add another layer of bureaucracy, Southland's regional council says.
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Plane hits fence, helicopter strikes wires in spate of aviation accidents
A spate of accidents in recent weeks is a wake up call for pilots in the industry, the New Zealand Agricultural Aviation Association says.
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Tasmania's largest farm goes up for sale
Rushy Lagoon - owned by the late New Zealand 'Spud King' Allan Pye - is expected to fetch offers of more than A$100 million.
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Seven aquaculture projects on Fast-track Approvals Bill
7 Oct 2024Aquaculture New Zealand says the fast tracking of seven projects will create jobs in the regions and boost exports.
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Cattle disease detection invention takes students to Paris
7 Oct 2024A team of students is heading to the world stage with a device they've invented to help with faster detection of a disease common in dairy cattle.
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Digging up skills to grow food
4 Oct 2024Agriculture classes at school sometimes get a bad rap, but the Grow Hub is turning that around.
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Country Life: Whale watching while picking winter-grown greens
4 Oct 2024Ocean views makes harvesting of iceberg lettuce and broccoli a lot more pleasant for Ben Scott and his staff at Claverley Farm in North Canterbury.
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Country Life: Huntaway pup still a rookie on farm
7 Oct 2024We check back in with Miley the Huntaway pup and her trainer Chris Shaw to see her progress over the last few months.
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Should councils be helping more with wild rabbits?
4 Oct 2024It's spring - and wild rabbits are doing what they excel at - breeding.
