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Otago farmer's creative journey from farm to fabric to fashion
Country Life: A farmer's frustration about declining wool prices has led her to create a line of designer coats from strong high micron wool, designed "to last forever". Audio
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Fieldays fashion: What they wore on the opening day
13 Jun 2024Fieldays visitors put their best fashion foot forward on the Mystery Creek event's opening day. RNZ's Marika Khabazi was there to capture the action.
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Fewer apples to hit shelves despite best harvest in years
13 Jun 2024This season's apple harvest has wrapped up earlier than expected but the 'delicious' crop is smaller, meaning more fruit going offshore.
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Lower prices for key commodities behind a forecast dip in primary industry export revenue
14 Jun 2024While there are temporary dips in some sectors, the outlook is positive, says MPI director general Ray Smith.
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NZ Agricultural Show to go ahead in 'slimmed down' fashion after all
The national agricultural show is back on - albeit in a slightly different format to previous years.
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Why are interest rates so much higher for rural lending?
The rural farming community wants to hear from banks if they are treating them reasonably as government inquiry kicks off. Audio
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Watch: Luxon heads to Fieldays
12 Jun 2024Politics, new equipment and the tractor pull contest have taken centre stage on the opening day of the New Zealand Fieldays.
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Food, fibre must bring value back to the farmgate - KPMG
12 Jun 2024New Zealand's food and fibre sectors are being told "massive" opportunities lie ahead for the sectors, as long farmers are there for the journey, a new report has found.
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Packhouse invests in AI, donates to amputee charity after forklift accident
11 Jun 2024The country's largest kiwifruit packhouse has committed to installing AI to sense pedestrians around forklifts, after a worker was run over in 2022.
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Zespri asks growers to back increasing northern hemisphere supply
Growers have previously rejected such a proposal, fearing an oversupply and lower quality produce.
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Te Awamutu sisters take on US rodeo competition
Teenagers Riley and Lylah Wood are expecting to see "a whole new side to rodeo" in Wyoming.
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Govt in 'denial' for keeping agriculture out of ETS
11 Jun 2024The sector is welcoming the move, but it's being panned by environment groups and the opposition.
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Coalition exempts farmers from ETS, sets up fresh working group
11 Jun 2024Farmers have been given more time before they start paying for emissions.
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Future of Agricultural Show still up in the air
10 Jun 2024Talks to ensure the New Zealand Agricultural Show goes ahead this year in Christchurch are continuing.
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Avocado prices set to rise as growers send crops overseas
10 Jun 2024After two unprofitable years, avocado growers are looking to cut supply locally and move into export markets.
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Sheep killed during burglary on South Otago farm
9 Jun 2024Police say burglars drove a vehicle into a paddock and intentionally crashed into the sheep.
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Young 'cash-poor' farmers struggling due to high costs, declined loans
8 Jun 2024Northland farmers say they are being denied short-term loans to cover their tax bills while banks are raking in big profits. Audio
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Prominent farmer boycotts wool auctions as frustration grows
Tai Rāwhiti sheep farmer Toby Williams says he has no regrets.
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Deer farmers frustrated over hiccups in tracing system
Deer farmers have raised concerns over the country's animal tracing software with some facing charges for not registering their animals when they have actually done so.
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Kiwifruit growers celebrate bumper crop
7 Jun 2024Kiwifruit growers are celebrating a record crop for the 2024 season.
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Hawkes Bay fishing crews catching 'masses' of porcupinefish
4 Jun 2024In what's being described as an odd side effect of Cyclone Gabrielle, fishing crews in Hawkes Bay are catching hundreds of kilos of porcupinefish.
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Miraka announces strong milk price forecast
4 Jun 2024The 2024/25 season milk price will be $8.42 / kg MS for its dairy farmers.
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Long-running woollen sock factory a sign of close-knit community
Generations of families work alongside each other at the machines, carrying on a 60-year-old tradition that champions NZ wool. Audio
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Dairy farmers face significant risks if new infestations take hold on 'moving day'
31 May 2024Dairy farmers are gearing up for the beginning of their annual migration as they move cows to new pastures for winter grazing or new sharemilking contracts.
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