Whanganui farmers well prepared for winter weather
A warm autumn has ensured farmers are well placed to handle winter.
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Meat works stretched - and a national campaign planned to match workers with employers.
Working holiday visas extended, new MIQ spaces for specialist workers
Farming groups had called for more dairy farm workers to be allowed in.
Small Business: Multi-purpose farm on mission to prove farming can be eco-friendly
Adrian Townsend talks growing its Northland hub from 800ha to 2500ha.
'It's a kick in the guts': Historic farm station smashed in floods
'You're almost reduced to tears,' says farmer calling for more Govt help.
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Father-of-five fighting for life after mystery infection
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Focus: Sheffield Farmers abandon house following floods
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Sheep swept along in flood torrent after rain batters Canterbury
Surging water puts farmers and their animals in danger across Canterbury.
Live weather: Timaru, Ashburton State of Emergency, Selwyn Huts evacuated
Floodwaters in Canterbury have exceeded warnings "by a huge magnitude", Fed Farmers says.
Farmers asked to focus on winter grazing practices
The campaign comes ahead of new rules on intensive winter grazing next year.
Fonterra announces opening forecast price of up to $8.75 per kg
Nearly $800m could flow into the Northland economy if strong milk price remains.
Horizons opens winter grazing consent applications
Horizons will also be implementing a monitoring programme.
Policy dubbed land grab leaves Northland farmers under threat
Northland farmers are anxious about policy they say alienates their property rights.
Climate change: Sheep and beef profits could be halved by 2100
A new analysis has gauged how rising emissions could hit our farming sector this century.
Bunny-pocalypse: Farming couple at a loss over rabbit infestation
On one farm, two hunters shot 700 rabbits in two nights. And they're "still everywhere".
Business Hub: 42 Below founder, outgoing Savor chair Geoff Ross on his next chapter
Geoff Ross reveals passion project that required him to step down from Savor.
True scale of NSW rural mouse plague horror revealed
Mouse plague has caused some Aussie farmers to lose their entire summer crops.
Horticulture, union welcome Govt's RSE announcement
Meanwhile other industries are disappointed at missing out.
The big dry: Drought hits farmers hard as winter looms
Concern grows with no rain on the horizon.
'Genetic merit': Kiwi stud fathers 170,000 daughters
He breeds daughters who are not overly tall but they are very wide, with capacious udders.
All eyes on Fonterra's capital restructure proposal
Proposals expected to address milk supply loss and high cost of entry.
China's audit of apple export sites over, now we wait
Apple and pear exports earned $900m last year.
Pākehā farmers learn te reo and build pā on farm
Jane and Damian Roper's language lessons sparked a much larger project.
Nerves high among food exporters over China audits
Meat exporters nervous about new Chinese audits with seafoods halt still unresolved.
Farmer awarded $22k after being served trespass notice
Hilsley Short was left anxious and stressed about providing for his family.
Controversial irrigation scheme 'will hold farmers to account'
Critics of the scheme are worried about nitrate levels and drinking water.
Potato chips probe: Dutch firm dumping surplus frozen fries in NZ
Government finds evidence a Dutch company is dumping surplus frozen fries in New Zealand.
'Farmers need help': Plea for support as dry conditions continue in Canterbury
A farmer says government support for the sector may soon be essential.
Airfares, accommodation and $32 an hour: Aussie farmers lure Kiwi workers
With the travel bubble now open, recruiters across the ditch step up their ad campaigns.
Stratford family celebrate farm centenary
The farm has been in the family for 100 years, and that isn't changing any time soon.
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ANALYSIS: Pressure on Labour to ban live exports has been building for years.