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Avocado prices set to rise as growers send crops overseas
10 Jun 2024After two unprofitable years, avocado growers are looking to cut supply locally and move into export markets.
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Sheep killed during burglary on South Otago farm
9 Jun 2024Police say burglars drove a vehicle into a paddock and intentionally crashed into the sheep.
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Young 'cash-poor' farmers struggling due to high costs, declined loans
8 Jun 2024Northland farmers say they are being denied short-term loans to cover their tax bills while banks are raking in big profits. Audio
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Prominent farmer boycotts wool auctions as frustration grows
Tai Rāwhiti sheep farmer Toby Williams says he has no regrets.
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Deer farmers frustrated over hiccups in tracing system
Deer farmers have raised concerns over the country's animal tracing software with some facing charges for not registering their animals when they have actually done so.
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Kiwifruit growers celebrate bumper crop
7 Jun 2024Kiwifruit growers are celebrating a record crop for the 2024 season.
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Hawkes Bay fishing crews catching 'masses' of porcupinefish
4 Jun 2024In what's being described as an odd side effect of Cyclone Gabrielle, fishing crews in Hawkes Bay are catching hundreds of kilos of porcupinefish.
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Miraka announces strong milk price forecast
4 Jun 2024The 2024/25 season milk price will be $8.42 / kg MS for its dairy farmers.
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Long-running woollen sock factory a sign of close-knit community
Generations of families work alongside each other at the machines, carrying on a 60-year-old tradition that champions NZ wool. Audio
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Dairy farmers face significant risks if new infestations take hold on 'moving day'
31 May 2024Dairy farmers are gearing up for the beginning of their annual migration as they move cows to new pastures for winter grazing or new sharemilking contracts.
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In pictures: Annual Truck Show rolls through Gore
1 Jun 2024Locals braved the rain and hail for a parade of the region's biggest and best trucks.
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Lack of wool education means farmers 'will suffer'
New Zealand, once renowned for its wool industry and high-end merino products, is now seen as neglecting wool education, industry insiders say.
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Fonterra announces opening 2024/25 farmgate milk price
29 May 2024The forecast range represents a 'cautious approach', given an ongoing risk of volatility in global markets, the co-operative says.
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New Zealand's brief caviar season under way with all to be sold domestically
29 May 2024New Zealand's brief caviar harvest is underway in the Mackenzie District.
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NZ wood processing sector grapples with new EU deforestation rules
28 May 2024The EU passed deforestation regulations last year asking those sending product to prove that their supply chains are free of deforestation.
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Dam project aims to stop valley flooding
A series of dams and basins are taking shape as farmers hope to "hold the water back" from the fields and road. Audio
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Zespri appoints new boss
30 May 2024Jason Te Brake will succeed current chief executive Daniel Mathieson on 1 July
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Project to boost Central Otago's native biodiversity set to begin
27 May 2024A reserve on the hillside above the State Highway 85 entranceway into Alexandra will be planted out over a five-year period.
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Controversial chemical deemed 'safe to use' but growers face new rules
Kiwifruit growers are relieved they can keep using an agri-chemical that has been under scrutiny recently.
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Politicians vs farmers in fundraiser rugby match in Gisborne
24 May 2024Politicians and farmers are aiming to raise $300,000 to help farmers affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Sanford hooks a healthy half-year profit
29 May 2024The fishing and aquaculture company's half-year net profit is up 46 percent, driven by continuing strong performance from its salmon business.
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Farming families facing 'huge pressue' from banks - Federated Farmers
25 May 2024Farmer confidence in their banks has plummetted to the lowest level in nearly a decade while the government considers the need for an independent inquiry.
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Taranaki farmer on home detention after failing to care for his cattle
Some cattle had to be euthanised.
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False starts before RSE workers board flights for Vanuatu
One employer has been forced to split up his seasonal workers to get them home after the national air carrier went into voluntary liquidation. Audio
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