Groundswell to mount tractor protest to emissions plan
Groundswell NZ calls emissions plan an 'assault on food production and rural communities'.
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Claire Trevett: Pickle for National as emissions plan reaches farm gates
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Explained: How the Govt wants to price farm emissions
After decades of debate, farmers will be priced for emissions from 2025. How will it work?
'Rip the guts out': Fed farmers condemns Govt's rural emission plan
Govt says it is largely based on sector's own suggestions with some 'tweaks'.
Is Northland grown seaweed the key to cutting methane?
Cow burps create a large amount of our greenhouse gas emissions, can seaweed stop it?
Gloriavale wins milk battle - on condition no child labour used on farms
Milk giant stopped milk collection from farms after child labour allegations.
Problems loom as soggy ground delays crop planting in Bay
Sunny Hawke's Bay reputation takes a dive as soggy ground creates trouble.
Fieldays offers an inside look into the forestry and wood processing sector
The theme of "Wood – our low-carbon future" will feature at the Fieldays Forestry Hub.
'Like a bloody battlefield': Sheep killed in dog attack
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Roger Partridge: Productive land law ignores opportunity cost
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Barbara Kuriger: Food and fibre has a strong future despite the challenges
Farmers and growers have made good progress towards NZ's environmental goal.
Fonterra cuts milk price forecast to $9.25/kg
Fonterra has cut its milk price forecast to a mid-point of $9.25/kg.
Exercising rural women's right to mental wellbeing
Happiness Editor Matt Heath talks to Kate Ivey.
Raw milk raids: Largest supplier in the country fined
Ironically, publicity of the raids actually increased Lindsay Farm's customer base.
How New Zealand's climate fight is threatening farmland
New York Times: Investors are rushing to buy up pastures and plant carbon-sucking trees.
Angry Dutch farmers vow to cause more protest chaos than ever
The govt sparked fury with plan to curb livestock numbers to meet climate change targets.
'Huge upfront payment': Kāinga Ora's $70m farm land grab trumped private sector offers
The housing agency failed to price risk in the land purchase.
Government and Ngāi Tahu to work together on regenerative farming project
A programme will compare regenerative farming practices to conventional methods.
'Every Kiwi will suffer': Farmers fear Foot and Mouth outbreak
'It could be very hard to eradicate.'
'Like a heart attack': Farmer on the $16b threat to NZ's economy
How foot and mouth could decimate NZ's agriculture sector.
Supporting farmers to reach their sustainable goal
Sustainable finance is one way in which banks can support farmers.
Foot-and-mouth disease: Why a NZ outbreak is so feared
The threat to jobs alone is formidable.
Focus: Minister of Agriculture on foot and mouth disease
Minister of Agriculture Damien O'Connor spoke about the country's biosecurity systems and the threat of foot and mouth disease should it reach New Zealand. Video / Mark Mitchell
$9300 for top dog at Gore sale
$9300 has been paid for a top farm dog at the annual sale in Gore. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Michael Curreen / ODT
Farmers 'freedom convoy' takes aim at strict Dutch net zero regulations
Workers protest in the Netherlands – and they've won support from a famous fan
Climate change: He Waka Eke Noa needs 'critical' changes
The HWEN plan lets farmers pay different rates for methane and carbon dioxide emissions.
'I got one!': Adorable 3yo Kiwi farmer's sheep herding goes viral
TikTok-famous Freddie may possibly be New Zealand's youngest and keenest farmer.
Lost cows on the moo-ve through Rotokauri
Six curious cows were wandering between Lee Road and the Wintec campus.
Editorial: NZ's hard sell and painstaking gains in US and Europe
EDITORIAL: It has been Jacinda Ardern's toughest overseas trade mission yet.
National: FTA with EU a 'step forward' but agriculture 'missed opportunity'
National's trade spokesman Todd McClay gave the deal a '6 out of 10'.
Opinion: Country Calendar uproar is 'raging tall poppy syndrome'
When did progress, innovation and experimenting with different ideas become offensive?
New Zealand wins $1.8b trade deal with EU at eleventh hour
The deal took four years of often torturous negotiations.