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Editorial: Our Covid-19 unsung heroes
WE SAY: We should be humbled by the work and sacrifices of our essential workers.

Editorial: Agriculture must again lead us to recovery
We say: Winter is coming, not just weather-wise, and farmers are feeling it too.

Tenants stuck feeding dozens of ducks and chooks win $4000
Up to 70 turkeys, ducks and chooks were left on the property with no plans for their care.

Five Kiwi entreprenueurs shortlisted for Forbes 30 under 30
Young Kiwis praised for innovation, particularly in food sector.

Local Focus: Wairoa forestry 'scaring the hell out of this community'
Wairoa's forestry fear. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Week one of lockdown: What life's been like for essential workers
Most Kiwis are holed up at home so spare a thought for those keeping the country ticking.

Taranaki farmer gets creative for viral teddy bear hunt
Bruce Nickel's teddy bear creation is enough to make you do a double take.

'Essential providers': Meat processors unite to tackle virus turmoil
Traditional strong rivalry in meat industry has been put aside to deal with the virus.

'It won't flippin rain': Hawke's Bay running dry
Hawke's Bay farmers and leaders are urging the government to declare a drought.

Local Focus: Defiant organic farmers await prosecution
Lindsay Farm is bending or breaking Government rules. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Easter Show unwraps huge entertainment line-up
From Superheroes to Savage, this year's event could be its biggest yet. And it's all free.

Local Focus: Eastside expo a 'boutique' experience
The East Coast Farming Expo's fifth event. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Shane Jones: Fake meat, milk need to be stopped in their tracks
Shane Jones takes aim at local councils, vegans and James Cameron.

In pictures: Farmers show devastating magnitude of North Island drought
Hundreds of photos from all over NZ show the sheer scale of the drought.

Record dry spell for Auckland; South faces another deluge
While Auckland reaches a record dry spell, a cyclone is approaching the South Island.

Frank Greenall: VR goggles for election MooTube
It's great to be a Kiwi after the Tooth Fairy has waved her wand in the Year of Delivery.

Smooth as velvet
Compared to say sheep farming, deer velveting is a walk in the park workwise.

Tackling climate change with BioChar
Parengarenga Incorporation tackles climate change issues with BioChar research project.

Huge offshore salmon farm faces early environmental headwinds
The plans are for a deepwater salmon farming operation in Cook Strait.

Farmers, wildlife and residents alike face water shortages as regions dry up fast
Water cuts are looming in pockets of the country drying up fast.

Bee refugees: Auckland a thriving hive for pollinating insects
Farming pesticides are killing pollinating insects, leading many to buzz off to the city.

Simon Wilson: This broken country (and the Govt that says it wants to fix it)
COMMENT: Why has Govt done so much less than promised? Simon Wilson's election challenge.

Farmer fears M.bovis back on property despite culling of 1700 cattle
The disease can cause mastitis, pneumonia, arthritis, and late-term abortions.

And now it's back to the future for a2 Milk
With the return of Geoff Babidge, its back to the future for a2 Milk.

The billionaire who built a crocodile empire
From a single egg in 1989, the crocodile empire has grown to over 20,000.

Local Focus: The lake getting weired
Saving Whakakī, the lake that's sometimes an estuary. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.

Dairy effluent figures show improvement
Farm dairy effluent management is improving in Northland.

Jamie Mackay: The good, the bad, the ugly - and my wrap of 2019
Comment: Rating the winners - and the cowardly bottom-dwelling losers - of 2019.