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Fonterra has upgraded its milk price to a mid-point of $10/kg.
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Govt announces sweeping changes to limit farm-to-forestry conversions
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Coromandel agritourism business wins supreme award
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Dr Jacqueline Rowarth: Restoring confidence in farming - and science
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Dairy prices lift in mixed GDT auction
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Dairy dream: How to navigate the path to farm ownership
Matt Bartleet says there are dairy sector opportunities, 'if you make the sacrifices'.
The Country Full Show: MPI on Otago bird flu outbreak
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'It's really quite scary': Ground zero at Otago chicken farm bird flu outbreak
Process under way to cull 80,000 chickens on Otago farm.
80,000 chickens to be culled as bird flu spreads to second shed
There is no indication the H7N6 virus has spread beyond the farm.
Girls who Grow supporting young women in ag
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Could biochar be the wonder product for forestry and farming?
Charcoal-like product is made from smouldering woody offcuts in large kilns.
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Opinion: A bird flu pandemic would be one of the most foreseeable catastrophes in history
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Rise of new farming sector in the 1930s
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Coffee futures hit 47-year high on global supply and EU law fears
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