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• New farrowing crates rules at piggeries progress, amid undercover footage release
  Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating sta […]
• Cheap fruit and vegetable imports put pressure on New Zealand production
  The hunt for the cheapest fruit and vegetables by both supermarkets and shoppers is putting pressure on locally produced crops in New Zealand. […]
• Economist warns oversupply of milk is putting dairy farmers under pressure
  ASB senior economist Chris Tennent-Brown says a price fall was not unexpected. […]
• Butter a factor as dairy prices fall for seventh time
  Butter prices fell more than 7.6 percent, while cheddar prices fell 2.7 percent, and skim milk powder fell 0.6 percent. […]
• Healing power of trout fishing helps men with cancer
  A global trout-fishing movement is providing relief for Kiwi men on the Tongariro River. […]
• Growing future farmers: Taranaki students run their own farm
  A Taranaki high school is training the next generation of primary industry workers. […]
• Comvita takeover bid fails
  The honey exporter's board had vigorously pushed shareholders to vote in favour of a $56 million deal with Florenz. […]
• Country Life: Massey University's teaching farm
  Set on 40 hectares near the university's Palmerston North campus, the Large Animal Teaching Unit, is home to a menagerie of animals for veterinar […]
• Country Life: Jefferson Fellow Kate Green
  RNZ reporter Kate Green has recently returned from parts of Southeast Asia as part of a Jefferson Fellowship exploring food security issues across the […]
• Country Life: Living the high country life at Glenbrook
  There's romance attached to living in the Mackenzie High Country, but is that still the case? Growing up in the region's harsh winters and h […]
• The women who inseminate cows to make money for Christmas
  Artificial breeding technicians play a crucial role in keeping New Zealand's dairy industry flowing. Increasingly, women are being drawn to the j […]