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Experimental vineyard to help hone wine production
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Farmer confidence remains at 'stubbornly low levels'
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Research casts doubt on plantain's role in mitigating nitrogen leaching
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Wayne Langford talks farm confidence on The Country
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Kiwis end shearing test series in Wales
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Too full to take the bait? Rabbit cull delayed amid food boom
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Rural ladies who lunch: Gemma McCaw coming to Dannevirke
Tararua Rural Support Trust encouraging ladies off the farm for day of connection and fun.
Soil Sisters bringing people together on the land
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Beefing up farm aid in the 70s
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'Real can of worms': No quick methane fix for farmers
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'Healthy happy cows and people': Welcome to Jerseyhill Farm
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Matt Chisholm on nearly losing everything and bouncing back
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Listening to the science at Owl Farm
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Pumpkin plenty sends price plummeting
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How dairy! CCTV sheds light, but mystery milkman's motive unclear
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'Huge relief' for Chathams farmers as cargo ship arrives
'It’s been a long time and certainly, business has been severely stretched financially.'
Egg and poultry producers prepare for arrival of avian bird flu
Experts are monitoring a highly contagious strain of bird flu as it nears New Zealand
Big wins for NZ shearers in Wales
New Zealand shearing has had its biggest success in Wales in five years.
Dairy farms chalked up $86,000 loss last season but Fonterra share payments save some bacon
Expected milk payouts are below the break-even point, a new report says.
Mystery milk bottles confound Alexandra residents
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Where you can find NZ's best bacon and ham?
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