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Country News

• 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 […]
• Country Life: Behind the scenes of Central Otago's cherry harvest
  A look at how Clyde Orchard's recent cherry and stonefruit harvest has gone and a tour of a new purpose built accommodation for its RSE workers. […]
• Timing critical as Kiwi wasp bait tech trialled on Auckland's hornet invaders
  After proving highly effective against wasps, Vespex is to be trailed on the yellow-legged hornet population. […]
• Potato prices could remain high as yields down
  Some potato growers are reporting yields could be down 20 percent this winter. […]
• New deal paying above market price for regenerative sheep farmers' wool
  Regenerative sheep farmers could muster an above-market pay cheque for their sustainable wool clip, thanks to a new industry deal. […]
• Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent
  A 1100-hectare block near Wairoa had its annual rates bill skyrocket from $30,000 a year to $200,000. […]
• New medicine funding could be life-saving for rural areas, health expert says
  Pharmac announced new funding for emergency pain relief and blood clotting medications for rural communities. […]
• NZ Rhapzody, the new hop off the trial block
  Along the banks of the Wangapeka River in Tasman, a new hop variety is being commercially released after more than a decade of research and developmen […]
• Kiwi company T&G fights to get illegal orchards torn down in China
  The Supreme Court ruled in favour of New Zealand horticulture company T&G. […]
• Country Life: Good vibes in the greenhouse
  Researchers from the Bioeconomy Science Institute are investigating whether they can apply the vibrations of insects to disrupt pests in the greenhous […]
• Country Life: A Bit of Route 66 on State Highway 8
  Mark Leishman goes on a personal journey to Burkes Pass, a place with deep family ties. […]