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Country News

• Country Life: Devcich Farm shines a light on Dalmatian pioneers
  The story of a pioneering family of Dalmatian immigrants has been kept alive through a cluster of old sheds on the Devcich farm near Thames. […]
• Country Life: Growing walnuts in Canterbury
  The walnut harvest is underway at Lightfoot Orchard in Canterbury. […]
• Country Life: Muttonbirding - 'It’s a part of who we are'
  Dan Tarrant's ancestors have been harvesting muttonbirds or tītī for 500 years. The autumn harvest is a family affair and a chance to pass down s […]
• Gap between people and sheep rapidly closing
  Rise in pine forests driving the decline in sheep, industry claims. […]
• Researchers ask how we could survive a nuclear war, in Palmerston North
  A new study looks at what it would take to feed a city in the event of a global catastrophe. […]
• Renewed calls for cat bylaws as feral numbers surge
  The number of feral cats is estimated to be double the number of pet cats. […]
• Soil from a Taranaki backyard wins international gardening award
  A Taranaki living soil and plant food producer has won Garden Product of the Year by a German gardening and DIY magazine. […]
• Strong dairy demand, fierce bidding pushes up global auction prices
  Dairy prices surged to the highest level in nearly three years in the global dairy auction. […]
• Greens launch bill to stop animal cruelty through imported products
  The proposed bill would require imported products to meet the same animal welfare standards applied locally. […]
• Snapper trialled in Tasman Bay open ocean aquaculture farming system
  It is the first time a new finfish species has been tested off the New Zealand coastline. […]
• No mention of cages in colony laid eggs - SAFE
  SAFE wants the word 'caged' put on labels to make consumers aware where the eggs come from. […]