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Country News

• Country Life: Into the weeds and under the soil at the Underground Festival
  The Underground Festival in Waipara, held this week, brought farming families together to share information, a feed, and time off the farm together. […]
• Country Life: Turning brewery gunk and forest junk into something good for the soil
  Waste hops from a Wellington brewery, cotton offcuts from a New Zealand clothing brand and forestry slash are being turned into so-called "black […]
• Country Life: Southland's history of Scottish whisky
  A look inside the Hokonui Moonshine Museum where the manufacture of this legendary spirit continues in the modern day. […]
• Northland farmer has hundreds of sheep killed by roaming dogs
  He's thinking of quitting sheep farming if the killing can't be stopped. […]
• Majority of Fonterra shareholders vote in favour of Mainland payout scheme
  More than 98 percent of the co-op's shareholders voted in favour. […]
• Prices continue to rise at global dairy trade auction
  The average price rose 3.6 percent - the fourth consecutive increase of the year. […]
• Contractors want the government to hurry up with new road rules for agricultural machinery
  New road rules for agricultural machinery are nowhere to be seen, and in the meantime contractors are still being stung with fines. […]
• How to avoid moisture-loving parasites in livestock, following storms
  Livestock farmers are being urged to keep their animals well fed and circulated to avoid the spread of moisture-loving parasites. […]
• Storms destroy Horowhenua grower's long berry tunnels
  Storms across the North Island have destroyed a Horowhenua grower's large berry tunnels, but power to the milking shed has since returned. Severe […]
• Fences taken out, crop destroyed: Rain, wind hammers North Island farmers
  Farms along the banks of the Waipā River are most affected, an Ōtorohanga farmer says. […]
• Country Life: Growing a farmer on Pāmu's apprentice scheme
  Archie, Micky and their dogs make up a good team on Te Wharua Station. The 17-year-old is apprenticed to the farm manager and champion shearer as part […]