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With the He Waka Eke Noa (HWEN) farmer consultations on agricultural emissions pricing now over, the real work begins.
Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor says if a new research project is successful, farmers and growers will be able to collate and share environmental compliance data digitally.
Havoc wreaked in parts of China by Covid is being blamed for the latest drop in whole milk powder (WMP) prices.
An unusual feature of egg producer John Greene's Lakeside Free Range chicken farm, near Lincoln, is that the outdoor forage areas are planted in trees.
The current bird flu outbreak in Britain is a reminder of why it is important for New Zealand to maintain its biosecurity standards, says the local poultry industry.
DairyNZ will host a webinar on attracting and retaining farm staff in a difficult labour market on 20 April.
As war in Ukraine rages on, world food commodity prices have made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels ever, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reported.
Strong farmgate prices for red meat have also flowed through to better returns for processor and exporter Silver Fern Farms (SFF).
As of last week, some East Coast farming families are completely isolated with roads impassable.
Typical of the farms damaged in the storm in the south of the East Coast is Mangaroa Station, owned by Nuku and Bart Hadfield - winners in 2015 of the Ahuwhenua Trophy for the top Māori sheep and beef farm.
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A new international clinical trial testing a molecule found in New Zealand blackcurrants may offer hope for thousands of Kiwis living with diabetes and associated metabolic disorders.
Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer Bruce Wills has been elected the new chair of Ravensdown.
In late March the soil just seemed to melt off the steep hillsides as unbelievably heavy rain poured down on the North Island's East Coast in what's been described as one of the biggest storms to hit the region since cyclone Bola in 1988. Peter Burke reports.
Southland's normally wet climate is counting against it as the region struggles under what is thought to be its worst drought in 80 years.
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