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Digging up skills to grow food
Agriculture 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
6:00 pm todayOcean 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
6:00 pm todayWe 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?
3:00 pm todayIt's spring - and wild rabbits are doing what they excel at - breeding.
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EU's deforestation delay good news for NZ meat sector
The red meat sector has welcomed news the EU is delaying its deforestation regulation by 12 months.
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Geothermal power emissions used to create livestock feed
30 Sep 2024A new project is looking at creating animal feed from the greenhouse gas emissions that come from geothermal power stations.
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Forestry not to blame for Smithfield meatworks closure, industry says
Federated Farmers earlier said land use change was to blame, with farms being converted into carbon forests at alarming rates.
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Off the beaten track, tourism sustains two generations of sheep farmers
27 Sep 2024Dome glamping, farm tours and jetting up the Hurunui River supplements income and highlights cultural heritage at a traditional sheep farm.
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Country Life: Discovering a sweet spot for grapevines in the Bay of Islands
27 Sep 2024Old grape vines clambering over a tumbledown shed were the start of Jake Dromgool's wine-growing venture. He's grown a dizzying array of varieties on the volcanic soils outside Kerikeri.
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'We don't want to see regional NZ hollowed out' - Rural Communities Minister
Mark Patterson says a proposal to close the Alliance Group's meatworks is "pretty foreboding" for Timaru and the surrounding districts Audio
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Horizon widens for NZ blueberry growers
2 Oct 2024Minister for Trade and Agriculture Todd McClay has unveiled a long-awaited duty free agreement.
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The first place kūmara was grown in NZ
27 Sep 2024New research has uncovered the unlikely location of one of the earliest securely dated sites of kūmara cultivation in Polynesia.
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Transitioning Tai Rāwhiti away from forestry
Experts are urging the government to put more effort into helping the region transition to more sustainable land use and other economic opportunities. Audio
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'People are on the brink': Region struggles amid forestry decline
1 Oct 2024Gisborne businesses are struggling and many may close as the region grapples with a decline in forestry and lower export prices.
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'Going to be excellent': Freshwater fishing season opens
1 Oct 2024Fish and Game says anglers can expect to reel in a good number of healthy, big trout or salmon throughout the country.
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Record fine for farm's effluent discharge
27 Sep 2024A Waikato farming company, its director and manager have been fined for unlawfully discharging dairy effluent.
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Dreaded moth problem a 'myth', 'overstated' - industry
26 Sep 2024New Zealand wool carpet companies are insisting wool-eating insects and pests are not as common as people think.
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Synlait Milk slumps to large loss after asset write down
Troubled dairy company Synlait Milk has slumped to a large loss after a large asset write down, as it struggled with huge debt, money losing operations, and business disputes.
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Staff at Alliance's Smithfield meatworks in Timaru called to meeting
26 Sep 2024The company is one of the biggest employers in the Timaru District.
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More lamb deaths, feed running low in wet Southland spring
23 Sep 2024Some parts of the region are reporting twice their monthly average of rainfall.
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Plentiful supply of fresh, cheap vegetables presents new challenge for asparagus growers
Asparagus growers have faced a tough couple of years.
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Reducing splash-back and soaking up the nasties from dairy cows' pee
20 Sep 2024An "eye-opening" farm trial could help clean up New Zealand's rivers and streams.
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From selling shoes in China to a microgreens farm in rural NZ
20 Sep 2024Yu Kali and Yu Jiang's microgreens venture is sprouting almost as fast as the tiny veggies themselves.
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Chatham Islands asking shipping companies to service the island
19 Sep 2024That current ship that carries supplies and livestock is nearing the end of its life and spending long periods out of action.
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Demand for blood and gland meat products on the up
19 Sep 2024They are used in vaccines, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
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What does it take to train a sheep dog?
18 Sep 2024It takes two years, you have to start early and you can't just train any dog to work stock. Audio
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Possible closure of Timaru meatworks 'exacerbates' risk of similar closures
28 Sep 2024Beef + Lamb NZ says it had been a "challenging time" for farmers and processing companies due to spiralling costs.
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Both Greenpeace and seafood industry welcome change to fisheries camera rules
25 Sep 2024The government has also delayed the remainder of the rollout by three months.
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