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HIGH VALUE sheep milk products from New Zealand could soon be available in key overseas markets.
Rural News reporter PETER BURKE reports after day two at the National Fieldays at Mystery Creek.
The New Zealand National Agricultural Fieldays is now into its second day and the Rural News Group team are there checking out the action.
The eight finalists for Rural Bachelor of the Year made a stop in their road trip at Te Kuiti, to take part in one the first challenges of the competition.
LIC has launched a new app, which will help farmers keep their cows’ health in-check from a mobile device.
CRV Ambreed is demonstrating a new industry-leading herd-testing device at this year’s National Fieldays.
Federated Farmers says the New Zealand meat export industry needs to make up lost ground with a boost to marketing beef and sheepmeat overseas.
This year it is Wellington's turn to host New Zealand Farm Environment Trust's annual Sustainability Showcase.
The answer to the threat of colony collapse disorder in the honey bees in New Zealand and globally may lie with our Pacific neighbour, Niue.
Despite a bit of drizzle here and there, day one of Fieldays 2015 welcomed over 28,000 visitors through the gates - almost 8,000 more than opening day last year.
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GrainCorp Feeds, formerly BLM Feeds, will officially unveil its new-look at this year’s National Fieldays at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.
A giant worm weaving through the air marks the location of the AgResearch stand in the Mystery Creek Pavilion at this year's National Agricultural Fieldays.
High-tech Bluetooth 'blip trackers', a dedicated hashtag, and a webpage are among the new initiatives designed to help people plan, and share, their Fieldays travels with live, real-time traffic information this week.
Rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong is hitting the ground running at this year's National Fieldays where it will offer free health checks for farmers.
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