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Chicken giant Inghams will use solar energy alone to power its New Zealand operations.
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"Discovery should impel people throughout New Zealand to persist in sanitary precautions."
'Give it a nudge': Shearer sets sights on solo world record
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Organic beef farm sees biodiversity flourish
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New Zealand Rural Games preview on The Country
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Central Districts Field Days a 'must-do agri event'
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Kiwi v Aussie dairy farmers: Who’s the least satisfied and looking for another job?
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Hamish Marr's tour of Latin America on The Country
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All smiles: Taradale man's shot wins farming photo competition
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'Day and night': Germany searches for source of foot-and-mouth outbreak
It is Germany’s first reported incident of FMD in more than three decades.
Shearing it around on the busiest weekend of the season
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Raising the next generation of primary industry leaders
HATA has regional hubs throughout NZ with workshops, programmes & resources for teachers.
The Country: Rabobank’s Stefan Vogel on the global food supply chain
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New speed shear record set at Te Puna
A new Te Puna Speed Shear record has been set by a shearer in his 20s.
'Relief': Waimea Dam dispute finally ends
Tasman Mayor Tim King said: "It’s been a long and tortuous process to get this far".
New independent director for Alliance Group board
Day replaces Simon Robertson, who will step down from the board at the end of March.
Rotten summer: Wairoa A&P Show cancelled for the third time in four years
'Another good thing that’s not happening': Wairoa's series of weather blows continues.
The Country: 2025's economy with Cameron Bagrie
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Smart collars 'an absolute game-changer' on hill country farms
James Parsons from Matauri Angus will talk 'virtual' fencing at the East Coast Farm Expo.
New chief executive for NZ Meat Board
Nick Beeby, acting chief executive since July 2024, replaces Sam McIvor.
Father and son win big at Peninsula Duvauchelle Shears
North Otago farmer Justin Meikle and his teenage son Tye are on a roll.
The Country: Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie on their ONZMs
Carlos Bagrie, Nadia Lim, Dan Steele, Mike Inglis, Sir David Fagan.
From university to sharemilking: Meet the Hammonds
'The farm manager was leaving so Dad proposed we come home to try contract milking.'
Mānuka honey’s sticky export situation
The industry is urged to learn how to keep the premium status of high-grade mānuka honey.
'Strawberries just disintegrate': Some HB growers are loving the rain, others not so much
Summer had started very well – now a couple are losing thousands of dollars every day.
Javier Milei’s next economic mission: affordable air fryers
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Adidas, H&M and other top fashion brands reportedly bought cotton grown by children in India
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