July top-up offers boost but long-term planning still key
Good news for dairy farmers in the Top of the South — Fonterra’s latest schedule includes a 25-cent
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Securing returns: The benefits of milk price hedging
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Fencing subsidy fast-tracks conservation efforts
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Why score your pasture in winter?
Winter as the ideal time for pasture ‘scoring’, since slower grass growth makes it easier to assess
Promising results in bacterial disease work
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OPINION: The apprehension of tariffs is weighing heavy
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Low-cost diagnostic tool could significantly improve crop production
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Regulate the coating, not the treated seed - Feds
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Woolly win as military chooses kiwi wool
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Legendary cow April earns spot in LIC’s Hall of Fame
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Shearing news
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Born to the land, lived for the sea
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Health from sunshine
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First-timer wins vehicle mileage contest
Glenn Mackay, a first-time entrant at the Rai Valley A&P Show, claimed a win in a unique competition
Good for wool but what about wood?
Wood Processors and Manufacturers Association NZ The announcement by the Government directing publi
OPINION: You couldn’t make this stuff up...
Marcus Musson, Director Forest360 You couldn’t make this stuff up even if you tried. If you had wri
Taimate genes sire international demand
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Ecology: The importance of soil health in farming
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