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Rule change to allow mixed waste burn-offs
Persistent issue with piles of debris on formerly productive land.
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“It’s another string to the bow ... it’s exciting, I enjoy the cattle work."
GDT: Prices fall in first event of the season
The first GDT auction for the new season has left a sour taste in farmers’ mouths.
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Myrtle rust anniversary: Future of pohutukawa ‘a bit grim’
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"It was the toughest time in my life ... and I don’t want to think about it anymore."
Brazen vehicle theft leaves farmer 'gobsmacked'
"I went around the front of my house and bugger me, my truck is gone!"
Fears floods helping grass pest spread
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Infrastructure Report: A billion-dollar plan to build resilience
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Bull goes for $27k at Limehills Herefords' 44th annual sale
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Nats say Govt-farming emissions group is 'dead'
Time runs low on getting pricing scheme up before election.
Commodity export prices steady despite slowing China demand
Shipping costs continue to fall sharply as volumes ease.
King's birthday honours: Murray McPhail recognised for services to horticulture
McPhail was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM).
The Country Full Show: June 6, 2023
Murray McPhail, Christopher Luxon, Steve Wyn-Harris, Kaila Colbin, Peter Nation.
Synlait, a2 shares jump on China regulator clearance
At last, some good news for the embattled dairy company.
How NZ’s own law helped Australia win 'Manuka Honey' trademark war
Case shows how law lacks substantive protections for Māori intellectual property rights.
Successful planting day on Swannanoa farm
Swannanoa School students assisted with a planting day at Brian and Rosemary Whyte’s farm.
Bruised, battered but still bold: Zespri’s hopes for kiwifruit industry after economic storm
Many growers in the sweetheart export sector are 'under severe financial stress'.
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Kiwis are 'overwhelmingly omnivorous', study reveals, with nine in 10 still eating meat.
King's Birthday Honours: Steve Wyn-Harris recognised for services to farming, rural communities
The Waipukurau dry-stock farmer and media identity receives an ONZM.
Working to better the community earns Brian Doughty a Queen's Service Medal
'You don't think about why you're doing this stuff, you just do it, it's good fun.'
Shear triumph in World champs build-up
Two brothers from Hawke's Bay rule ahead of this month's Shearing World Championships
Some kiwifruit growers in financial strife after 'catastrophic' season
'Unbelievably bad' kiwifruit season has the industry experiencing huge pressures.
Ratapiko School appoints new principal
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Hunting for the black gold
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NZ's richest man does year's biggest leasing deal on new $100m warehouse
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‘Very dark place’: Worker's struggle after losing hand in meatworks accident
Employer Silver Fern Farms has been fined $283,500 for the workplace accident.
'Time was right': Dairy farmers switch from cows to kiwifruit
Owen and Cathy Copinga close a chapter of 21 years of dairy farming in Western Southland.