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Sunflower farm: From family tragedy to blooming business
12 Dec 2023An idea that emerged from a family tragedy has transformed into a blooming business for a Waikato farmer.
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Highly invasive moth survives NZ winter, effort underway to contain it
11 Dec 2023A co-ordinated effort is underway to control a highly invasive moth that causes devastation to maize, sweetcorn and other crops. Audio
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Scales forecasts full-year after-tax profit of $14-19 million
Apple, pet food and logistics group Scales Corporation has reaffirmed its guidance for the 12 months ending December.
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Good news for ewe - more lambs born this year
7 Dec 2023Nearly 21 million lambs have been born this year - a 2.6 percent increase on last year.
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Cutting methane from livestock burps 'essential' to limit global warming
8 Dec 2023The world's top agriculture body has presented a blueprint for how to get livestock emissions down at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai.
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Methane pledge timing 'wasn't quite right' for Fonterra
6 Dec 2023Major dairy companies from around the world have pledged to disclose and tackle methane emissions - but not Fonterra.
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Value of red meat exports drop by 14 percent on last year
The Meat Industry Association says an increase in Australian production and exports is impacting global prices.
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Dairy and red meat exports to China forecast to grow in next decade - report
Exports of red meat and dairy to China will continue to grow in the next decade, however, the amount will eventually taper off as the country looks to produce more of its own food.
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Sensor measures dairy cows' nitrogen impact by listening to urination
4 Dec 2023Scientists have developed a smartwatch-like sensor which listens to a cow urinate, measuring the amount of nitrogen hitting the pasture.
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'Pretty over it' - Repeated SH2 closures disrupt food supply transport
3 Dec 2023The chief executive of vegetable supplier Leaderbrand wants a long-term fix to State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier.
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Cost of living means slow start to Xmas tree season - grower
1 Dec 2023Christmas tree nurseries are gearing up for the festive season with the first week of selling trees underway.
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New Zealand signs up to COP28 food declaration
2 Dec 2023New Zealand has signed an international agreement saying agriculture and food production must urgently adapt to respond to climate change.
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Deer industry in limbo after China changes import rules
1 Dec 2023New Zealand's deer industry is waiting on more details from officials in China about the future of sending frozen velvet there.
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New Zealand's challenge in cutting water contaminants revealed in study
30 Nov 2023While E coli was the stand-out across three-quarters of all land in Aotearoa, Canterbury needs to reduce nitrogen by 44 percent, and Southland by 41 percent, a new report says.
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Plan to build NZ's largest solar farm goes for consultation
30 Nov 2023A plan to build the country's largest solar farm in the Mackenzie Basin has gone out for consultation - just a month after another nearby solar farm application was denied.
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Solar farm a waste of elite soil – Edgecumbe farmers
29 Nov 2023Edgecumbe farmers say large-scale solar farms on some of the Rangitaiki Plains' most elite soil is short-sighted.
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Convoy of free farm fencing en route for flood-hit Wellsford
A charity donating truckloads of free farm fencing hopes to bring "mighty big smiles" to storm-hit farmers in the upper north Island. Audio
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Lawyer expects support for reining in ministerial powers on foreign investments
A corporate lawyer believes foreign investors will be pleased to see a proposal to limit ministerial decision-making powers for overseas investment decisions.
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Slowdown in US, China markets hitting Comvita revenue
The honey company is warning this year's earnings and profits will be hit by the soft US and Chinese economies.
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Farmers affected by sire semen quality issues to receive good-will payment
27 Nov 2023Animal genetics company Livestock Improvement Corporation has announced it will give a good-will payment to farmers affected by sire semen quality issues.
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Canterbury farmers help protect endangered kororā in penguin colony
27 Nov 2023A farming family in Banks Peninsula is playing its part in protecting the largest little penguin colony on mainland New Zealand.
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'An outdoor, local supermarket': The vital importance of farmers' markets
Country Life: Farmers' markets in New Zealand need more support from local authorities and government, a farmers' market advocate says. Audio
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Who's who: The new primary industry sector ministers
Todd McClay, Nicola Grigg, Andrew Hoggard and Mark Patterson are among the line-up of ministers for the primary industry sectors.
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Toitū Envirocare no longer accepting carbon credits as proof of carbon neutrality
23 Nov 2023Offsets from planting and protecting trees are often used by companies wanting to claim they are carbon neutral or doing extra to reduce their impact, on top of cutting raw emissions at the source.
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