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• NZ no longer in a state of 'peak tractor'
  New Zealand has fallen from 'peak tractor' with bigger machinery, rising on-farm costs and farmers becoming more efficient driving sales dow […]
• Exports of new climate change resilient apple tipped to nearly double this year
  The zesty red 'Sassy' apple is now being sold to more than 10 countries and it's forecast that 1.8 million kilos of the fruit will be e […]
• Dairy price dip won't last long - expert
  Dairy prices fell for the fourth consecutive auction overnight, with the average price down more than 4 percent to US$4274. […]
• Canterbury's Lincoln to be new Bioeconomy Science Institute HQ, Scion to leave Christchurch
  It comes as the science sector overhaul came into effect officially on Tuesday. […]
• Big stations and sweeping views: Why a vet went rural
  Holly Gardyne has no regrets about moving to a rural practice. […]
• Union warns against meat self-inspection plans
  A union says potential plans to privatise New Zealand's meat inspection service could put food quality and safety at risk. […]
• PGG told to pay $780,000 for farm sale misrepresentation by Supreme Court
  Court documents showed the sale featured incorrect descriptions about the herd size and milk production at the 105 hectare site near Hokitika. […]
• Roebuck Farm - where the garden beds are rich 'like chocolate cake'
  Over the past 20 years, Jodi Roebuck and his wife Tanya have turned a bare paddock into a thriving market garden with an emphasis on microgreens. […]
• Country Life: Dollars for nature - can biodiversity credits fix NZ's conservation woes?
  Country Life: What are biodiversity credits and how can they work for NZ? […]
• Uncertainty for meat workers as plants grapple with low livestock numbers
  Meat plants across Aotearoa are struggling to match low volumes of livestock coming through with staffing levels. […]
• Country Life: Farmers bitten by the bokashi bug turn waste into natural fertiliser
  Two North Canterbury farmers have been bitten by the bokashi bug. As well as being a soil superfood, it's also cost effective. […]