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On-farm learning a success - "I've been enjoying it. I like being with the cows and being in the shed"
A training initiative in Southland is giving young adults with high-functioning disabilities the skills required to work on a dairy farm.
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NZ Hops chalks up EU export 'win' amid glut
28 Mar 2025Increased hops production has led to a surplus of the dried flower used in beer making or for medicinal purposes.
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The guardian dog breeds protecting farmer's stock
27 Mar 2025They may look like your usual bundle of fluff or large Labrador pup, but these Maremma sheepdogs are a breed of their own.
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The kūmara connection
28 Mar 2025It's nearly time for the kūmara harvest at Kai Rotorua and this year, old meets new.
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NZ's fruit wins in competitive Vietnamese produce market
26 Mar 2025NZ apple exporters are trying to capitalise on the increasingly wealthy Vietnamese consumer, while elbowing out global competition. Audio
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'Record' year for cherry exports
26 Mar 2025This year's exports fetched about $124 million for New Zealand, according to Infometrics data.
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'It's just barren': Veteran farmer reckons Tasman's drought worst ever
27 Mar 2025Alf Kinzett has been feeding out since Christmas and will need to buy more feed for winter.
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Thousands flock to South Island Agricultural Field Days
26 Mar 2025Under the backdrop of the Southern Alps, around 600 exhibitors have set up for the event.
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Farmer productivity should improve under RMA reforms - Federated Farmers
26 Mar 2025The current Act is "broken", making it difficult to get things done with too many things requiring a resource consent, the group says.
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Kiwifruit exporter claim world first in all product sold with home-compostable labels
25 Mar 2025The home-compostable labels, developed with labelling technology experts Sinclair, were officially launched last October, but the transition away from plastic labels has taken time.
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NZ rodeo draws crowds including protesters and a minister
25 Mar 2025The welfare of animals involved in rodeos continue to divide those in the sport and animal rights activists.
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Deep dive: See the potential that is seaweed
21 Mar 2025As part of Aotearoa's first seaweed festival, Pacific Harvest hosted a seaweed tasting event where people could sample various red, green and brown dried seaweeds.
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Sheep to chic with cosy crossbred wool
21 Mar 2025Sometimes it takes an outsider to come in and give a dyed-in-the-wool farmer a wee nudge. This is where Southland entrepreneur Laura Todd comes in.
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Good times, tough times and everything in between
22 Mar 2025Farming in the wake of the Mount Tarawera eruption has tested the Ford family for nearly a century.
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South Taranaki farmers say drought is worst in more than 40 years
MetService's Hāwera weather station has recorded just 123mm this summer - a little over half what it normally gets.
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Spring Sheep Milk Co takes on new investors
20 Mar 2025Company chief executive Nick Hammond said the investors are agri-business people from New Zealand and the US, as well as two Chinese investors to boost in-country marketing.
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Chlorinated water in your Sav? No, say winemakers
20 Mar 2025Marlborough's wine sector wants its water supply exempted from chlorination to protect production in the home of sauvignon blanc.
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Fonterra's half-year profit jumps to $729 million
The latest results show the dairy co-op is in great shape, its chief executive says.
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Some grapes won't make it into the vat this year
19 Mar 2025With wine still in vats from last year, lower sales and uncertainty over tariffs there's nervousness in the industry.
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Scientist looks to create unique 'NZ-flavoured' meat flake
Dr Renyu Zhang said it will be similar to traditional Japanese product Katsuobushi, but with a unique Kiwi twist.
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Farms turn into deserts as drought worsens
19 Mar 2025A drought has been declared in the Northland, Waikato, Horizons, Marlborough-Tasman, and Taranaki regions. Audio
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Blueberry boom: Market set to expand as confidence grows
17 Mar 2025Confidence in the future of blueberries as a crop will see the sector expand in coming years according to Blueberries New Zealand.
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'They get an honest answer, whether it's the good, the bad or the ugly'
14 Mar 2025Farmer Bradley Riggs has more than just the sheep to think about. He has high profile guests and celebrities staying at the farm's luxury lodge and enjoys showing them the kiwi farming life and…
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'From red tape to red carpet': The new market possibilities in India
14 Mar 2025Geoff Allott, a former Black Cap and co-founder of exporting company Quality NZ, has been in the Indian market for 12 years.
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'It's getting scary now': Drought-hit farmers face harsh winter
18 Mar 2025The clock is ticking for drought-stricken farmers in the Central North Island who fear if they don't get rain soon, no grass will grow before winter bites. Audio
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Southland show at 'the hole in the bush' still going strong after 85 years
16 Mar 2025Tuatapere's picturesque domain is transformed into a sensory celebration of rural life during the annual Waiau A&P Show.
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Meet NZ's national butchery team - the Sharp Blacks
14 Mar 2025The eight-strong team is heading to the World Butchers' Challenge in Paris later this month to represent New Zealand.
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Waikato farmers urged to watch for parasitic noodle-like weed
13 Mar 2025The yellow invasive plant grows in the shape of a messy circle and entwines itself around other plants.
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