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• Backroads to the Beehive: A tale of two Canterbury Plains
  Plenty of cash is flowing on the Canterbury Plains, thanks to high farm prices and Fonterra's sale of the Mainland brands, but the sector employs […]
• South Port expands storage for dairy products at Bluff facility
  About 20 new jobs anticipated in Bluff as South Port adds 4000 square metres of dairy storage capacity. […]
• Fonterra lifts farmgate milk price forecast on stronger milk powder demand
  The previous midpoint was $9.50 ahead of the 25 cents lift, announced Friday morning. […]
• Students' solution for bird nest fires a 'real game changer' for farmers
  A group of Dunedin high school students have come up with an innovative solution for a $1 million problem facing farmers. […]
• Wool industry extends animal welfare training after shearers' sentencing for sheep abuse
  Government and industry set up the pilot in late 2025, in response to a Ministry for Primary Industries investigation into shearing practices. […]
• 'Stop and pop': Farmers urged to check under bonnets over bird-nest fires
  FMG says nesting birds cause $1.2 million worth of tractor fire claims annually, and were linked to about a third of the 100 such claims in the past t […]
• 'Awesome crop' of cherries, early harvest looks likely
  Cherries destined for locals ahead of Christmas are nearing the harvest stage with picking set to start in just a few weeks. […]
• 'The green cow': World's Jersey breeders coming to New Zealand
  Dozens of dairy farmers from across the world are coming to New Zealand next year for the World Jersey Conference. […]
• Country Life: Indigenous knowledge fuels 'food forest' trial
  Could this Lincoln University trial change the way we grow produce? […]
• Where will summer jobs be this year?
  University students looking for work over the holidays are being told to be proactive about their job hunt - and maybe consider the agricultural secto […]
• Country Life: Riding along with the truckies moving cattle
  RNZ takes a drive through remote parts of Hawke's Bay with Stephenson Transport, a multi-generation family-run business still going strong. […]