'Farmers need help': Plea for support as dry conditions continue in Canterbury
A farmer says government support for the sector may soon be essential.
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With the travel bubble now open, recruiters across the ditch step up their ad campaigns.
Political Roundup – The Govt's historic ban on live animal exports
ANALYSIS: Pressure on Labour to ban live exports has been building for years.
Brian Fallow: Climate change plan - emissions impossible for farmers?
Agriculture groups say Climate Change Commission too optimistic on potential for cuts.
Urban sprawl: How NZ's best vege-growing land is dramatically disappearing
Urban sprawl is eating NZ's best land for crops, hurting our ability to feed ourselves.
Paradise under pressure: report reveals toll of intensive dairying, urban sprawl
What has decades of intensive dairying and urban sprawl meant for NZ's best land?
Covering Climate Now: How do we shrink agriculture's climate footprint?
The Climate Change Commission has proposed a cut to livestock numbers. Is it inevitable?
MPI considering legal action over chicken deaths
The birds either suffocated or overheated after a power outage cut their air supply.
Tenders close on $50m Halfway Bay Station
It's now a case of the owners wading through the offers.
Frank Films: Chips - A Local Industry Under Threat?
New Zealand’s potato chip industry is being threatened by cheap imports from Europe. Frank Film looks at the growing fight to support local producers and processors supplying the neighbourhood chippie. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / Frank
Crunch time for Fonterra capital investment decisions
If Fonterra's owners want to cut their capital exposure, the co-op might have to shrink.
Talleys stake in Open Country Dairy now tops 90 per cent
Open Country Dairy grows from tiny beginnings to No 2 world export status.
NZ rural property consolidates, dairy farm index lifts - REINZ
Farm sales up 39.2 per cent for the three months ended February 2021.
Farmer threatens to burn forest over plunging values, biodiversity rules
A farming couple in financial strife say they're prepared to take drastic measures.
Tīrau farmer fined $12,000 for neglecting calves
Anthony Brolly failed to feed, adequately treat and prevent parasites in 245 calves.
Taking a bite: Ngāi Tahu buys into apple business
A 6 per cent stake in the grower exporter has sold for an undisclosed sum.
Brian Fallow: Cutting farm emissions - without cutting farm output
Fewer animals can produce same amount of product, says Climate Change Commission's plan.
Buzz off: No Covid beeps in the bush
Some people returning from remote areas are getting a special surprise on their phones.
Lewis Rd Creamery owner to get loan discounts for hitting environmental farming targets
The BNZ loan is the first to provide financial incentives to a farming business.
Iconic Golden Shears cancelled for 2021
The event has been cancelled for the first time in history, as Covid 19 alert levels rise.
Bars: Cin-cin, no win-win yet
Bars, restaurants and suppliers are relieved but warn of lockdown hangover.
Urban sprawl set to swallow 31,000 hectares of prime land
Figures show the irreversible loss of Auckland's most productive land is accelerating.
Big Read: Five positive things we learned from major climate report
From decarbonising cars to managing methane, the new climate report offers many positives.
Why NZ dairy exports to China fell in December
New Zealand dairy exports to China fell in December for the first time in six years.
Irishman's Creek reportedly going up for sale
The property, a short distance from Lake Tekapo, is currently a sheep and beef farm.
Are days of live animal exports from Napier numbered?
The second livestock ship this year has been and gone as Govt review drags on.
Another ship arrives: Why are live cattle exports on the rise?
Still no sign of results of NZ's live animal export policy review.
Chicken mass deaths saga takes off
Chicken deaths disaster: Animal welfare inspectors spread way too thin, legal expert says.
Fatal Hawke's Bay quad bike crash latest in 'devastating' trend
Farming leader laments "more than our fair share" of fatal rural accidents.
Fatal quad bike crash: Man dead after Hawke's Bay accident
The man went out on the bike yesterday morning and failed to return.
Elderly man dies while driving ride-on lawnmower
The elderly man was unresponsive when emergency services arrived.
Why casual wear on Fridays will be replaced by PJs
Futurist Melissa Clark-Reynolds predicts life in 2021 post Covid-19.
Summer jobs for students: Who's hiring - and what they'll pay
Plenty of young people want - or need - to earn while they don't learn.
'Eight hours of terror a night': Leading Kiwis on their holiday jobs
From swarms of bees to flagons of rum, prominent figures share life lessons.