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Chef couple finds new home on the range
Wallingford Homestead in Central Hawke's Bay was once a bustling base for the local farming community. These days it's helping bridge the urban-rural divide and provides employment opportunities for local families, operating as a boutique accommodation...
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'Cutting the trees down is part of the experience'
20 Dec 2024Thousands of perfectly shaped trees are harvested in the lead-up to the festive season at Andrew McAllister's Needle Fresh Christmas tree farm in Swannanoa. In…
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Rodeo girls giddy up for new season
22 Dec 2024The rodeo season is underway and Waikato sisters Lylah and Riley Wood are in an arena practising their rodeo skills, a sport which has taken them to the US with…
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Timaru meatworks shuts its doors after 138 years
20 Dec 2024Red-meat co-op Alliance says it will be an "emotional time" for the 55 remaining meat workers at its Smithfield plant today.
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Ni-Vanuatu fruit pickers 'worried' over fate of quake-affected relatives
18 Dec 2024Kiwifruit company Seeka is supporting 100 ni-Vanuatu fruit pickers helping with summer pruning to contact their families back home.
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'No signs' of avian influenza outside of Otago farm
18 Dec 2024Further tests are being carried out to ensure there was no spread beyond the one farm.
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Overseas investment helping to grow Hawke's Bay horticulture
15 Dec 2024Country Life - A fresh injection of "much-needed" funding is allowing apple orchards to adapt to changing consumer tastes.
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'Oh heck': Farmer says quad bike accident was a wake-up call
20 Dec 2024The warning comes as rural insurer FMG says there is often a spike in quad bike roll-overs in the lead-up to Christmas.
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Dry conditions prompt fire bans in Hawke's Bay and Otago
19 Dec 2024Fire and Emergency is banning fireworks, open-air fires and sky lanterns in many areas of Hawke's Bay and Otago.
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A Golden Bay farm grows, processes and sells Angus beef and lamb direct to the public
13 Dec 2024Sustainability, animal welfare and forging a connection between producer and consumer are at the core of how things are done at Ellis Creek Farm, near the Abel Tasman National Park in Golden Bay.
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Gearing up for farming life
13 Dec 2024What's it like for a young couple beginning their farming journey in difficult times?
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Green shoots for Hawke's Bay apple industry with 'well-needed' capital injection
13 Dec 2024Country Life: Shane Flynn from Craigmore Sustainables explains why they see a bright future for the region's horticulture sector.
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Chicory finished lamb added to boutique meat company offerings
13 Dec 2024The boutique company is known for its angus beef.
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Prominent Canterbury High Country farmer dies after illness
16 Dec 2024He is the second prominent Canterbury farming leader to die in a week.
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Hold or sell below cost: Velvet farmers facing tough season
16 Dec 2024Due to the flooded market, prices are back by about 20 percent which means some farmers will not make a profit this season.
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Researcher urges caution on rock lobster catch limit increase
15 Dec 2024Seafood industry players are welcoming a government proposal to ease catch limits - but an academic says the rock lobster population may not support it.
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Farming advocate was 'one of life's good buggers'
12 Dec 2024Chris Allen died, aged 62, in a tragic accident on his Ashburton Forks farm on Monday.
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Food, timber exports up on last year
Export revenue is set to reach $56.9 billion dollars in the year to the end of June 2025, driven by strong dairy prices and rebounding prices for red-meat and logs.
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Family of respected farmer grateful for support since his shock death
11 Dec 2024RNZ understands the well-known farming advocate died after being electrocuted while fixing a garage door on his property in Ashburton.
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Carrot and stick for ag in new emissions plan
11 Dec 2024Emissions Reduction Plan rewards tech uptake but starts pricing livestock emissions in five years' time.
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Kiwifruit growers back expansion of overseas plantings
11 Dec 2024Zespri aimes to increase plantings of the SunGold variety in Italy, France, South Korea and Greece.
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Farmers take Net Zero Banking Alliance complaint to Commerce Commission
11 Dec 2024Many banks have joined the Net Zero Banking Alliance, requiring clients to meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets in order to get lower interest rates.
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Sweetcorn crop harvested early after perfect growing conditions
11 Dec 2024The sweetcorn season has come early - with Gisborne's crops being harvested two weeks earlier than usual due to perfect growing conditions.
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Fonterra converting two coal boilers in bid to reduce emissions
12 Dec 2024The $64 million project would see the coal boilers converted to wood pellets.
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The sector still adding jobs and paying an average $70k
If you want a job right now, your best shot may come from farming.
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Prominent farming advocate dies in incident on farm
10 Dec 2024Chris Allen, 62, was a well-known and respected Canterbury farmer.
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Farmers turn 'crap' paddocks into profit
10 Dec 2024The government has announced it is partnering with Hawke's Bay farmers and the council and co-investing $995,000 to grow the Land for Life project.
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Nearly 160,000 hens culled amid bird flu outbreak
9 Dec 2024A fourth shed at the Hillgrove farm has now been confirmed as infected with the H7N6 virus. Audio
