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Livestock Improvement Corporation posts solid $29 million half-year profit
The Animal genetics business has posted a solid financial result, despite revenue pressures due to the lower milk price.
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Northland kumara crop recovers after 2023 flood and cyclone
23 Jan 2024A kumara grower says good weather over the last few weeks is providing a sunny outlook for crop yields, after last year's near washout Audio
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Wood industry concerned Red Sea conflict could drive up shipping costs
The United States is advancing on the area after a string of attacks on commercial cargo ships by Iran-backed Houthi militants.
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Rain forecast hoped to bring relief to dry conditions
22 Jan 2024It's hoped forecast rain this week will help ease the dry conditions farmers and growers in multiple parts of the country are facing.
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Wool gathering pays off with high demand for natural sheepskin products
The rise in demand comes as people begin to turn away from plastic alternatives and "vegan" leather options.
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US group abandons legal action on higher tariffs for NZ lamb
A US lobby group has backed down on its call for greater import tariffs on New Zealand lamb.
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Red Sea attacks driving up freight costs - Rabobank
Tensions in the Red Sea are causing problems for exporters working to get key commodities into Europe.
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Where have all the apples gone? Cyclone Gabrielle, end of season affecting supply
We all know what they say about an apple a day - but what about when the shelves are empty?
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Hunters told to start 'solid strength and fitness training' ahead of roar
18 Jan 2024Outdoor safety advocates are urging hunters to get into shape ahead of the coming roar hunting season to avoid risking serious injury.
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Hail storm causes millions in losses
17 Jan 2024A group of 12 to 15 arable farmers are counting about $6 million in losses from a late hail storm landing in a belt running from Canterbury's Methven to Highbank.
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Call for national wine museum
9 Jan 2024"A light, white wine," read New Zealand's first ever tasting note, penned in 1840. Audio
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Racing pigs, rides and rural displays draw crowds to Kaikohe A&P
21 Jan 2024In the most anticipated political race since last year's general election, a piglet named David Seymour has beaten porker "The Jones Boy" - named in honour of NZ First's Shane Jones - by a nose.
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Prices up at latest Global Dairy Trade auction
The overall price index is now up more than 2 percent.
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On your marks, get set ... oink! Pig racing tries to steal the show
19 Jan 2024Pig racing with contestants named after politicians is expected to be one of the highlights of the Kaikohe A&P Show.
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'Ghastly' theft as farm loses hundreds of kgs of blueberries
11 Jan 2024At this time of year, it was a significant loss for the Bay Blueberries farm.
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Criticism helps spur shearer Amy Silcock to break world record
A shearing champion says stubbornness and determination to prove critics wrong saw her crack a world record on Sunday.
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Rural Taranaki turns on the festive charm
Country Life - The Grinch is surfing through paddocks and cows are driving tractors on the rural roadside of Taranaki - but who won the festive farm art competition? Audio
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'It's going to be a three-to-four year recovery, $1m-$1.5m probably' - station owner
Ten months after Cyclone Gabrielle, bad weather has left the recovery for many East Coast and Tairāwhiti farmers stuck in the mud.
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A2 Milk adds costs on Synlait amid contract dispute
Speciality dairy company A2 Milk has ramped up pressure on its supplier Synlait Milk.
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Dairy prices rise again at year's last trade auction
The average price rose 2.3 percent to US$3388 a tonne, while the whole milk powder price was up 2.9 percent to US$3207 a tonne.
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King Country shearer breaks world record
20 Dec 2023Sacha Bond has become the first woman to shear more than 700 sheep in a nine-hour day.
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Record low satisfaction with banks from farmers - survey
The number of farmers still satisfied with their banking relationship had gone down nearly 1 percent to 56 percent in a new survey.
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The 'spy' wallabies infiltrating mobs of their own kind
19 Dec 2023The 'seeker' wallabies fitted with GPS collars have been airlifted into the wild in the hope they will lead hunters to other members of the species.
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Farmers urged to be safe on quad bikes this Christmas
18 Dec 2023WorkSafe is investigating the deaths of two workers on quad bikes recently - one near Stratford in late November, and the other near Tauranga in December.