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- Farmers launch last‑minute plan to block Dawn Meats’ $270m Alliance bid 16/10/2025The co-operative’s profit swung to $20m after a $90m turnaround this year. […]
- South Island braces for 100km/h winds and downpours as front arrives 16/10/2025Heavy swells up to 7m are expected off Foveaux and Puysegur coasts. […]
- Starlink rise and spectrum starvation blamed as rural internet provider Evolution Networks goes into liquidation 16/10/2025Elon Musk looms over rural New Zealand. […]
- Farmers launch last‑minute plan to block Dawn Meats’ $270m Alliance bid 16/10/2025
Farming News
- Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland GamesThe pipes will call once again as the 14th Hororātā Highland Games returns on Saturday 8th November […]
- Auckland University in U-turn on mandatory Treaty courseFile photo The University of Auckland has reversed its decision to make a paper on the Treaty of Wai […]
- Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland Games
Country News
- Dawn Meats raises bid for Alliance stake ahead of shareholder voteThe overseas investment offer to rescue red meat processor Alliance Group has gotten even sweeter. […]
- Wattie's NZ taking fewer tomatoes, corn, beetroot until demand increasesWattie's New Zealand is further reducing local fruit and vegetable crops, citing an ongoing struggle against cheaper imports. […]
- First calves of new dairy-beef crossbreed raised in TaupōAbout 350 of the calves were born this year. […]
- Farmers welcome government's drop in methane targetsFarmers have welcomed the government's new "science-based" biogenic methane targets for 2050. It's dropped the reduction target fo […]
- Country Life: Top dollar stock at Feilding saleyardsGlobal demand for red meat is driving strong prices for sheep and cattle, some of the best former Feilding farmer Eric Linklater has seen. […]
- From the Country Life archives: Mustering at MolesworthCountry Life spends a day with the stockmen, farmer and cook at Molesworth Station, peeling back the mystique of New Zealand's most famous farm. […]
- Country Life: Spray-free vegetables from Suncakes GardensDavid Ruan says the colourful vegetables growing in his garden are like little mooncakes relying on the sun for energy, hence the name Suncakes Garden […]
- Climate change effects expected to hurt farm viability in next decade, study findsA new report found irrigated dairy farms are particularly at risk because water supplies are expected to become less reliable in some areas. […]
- Egg consumption increasing, and more double yolkers could be on the wayNew Zealanders ate an average of 229 eggs each over the last year, up from 216 eggs the previous year. […]
- More ocean space needed for aquaculture - fisheries ministerShane Jones says there is an opportunity to "convert the oceanic space into a platform for global-scale protein-based fish farming". […]
- 'Quiet lawn mower' with survival story seeks mob: Millie the sheep is up for adoptionMillie the sheep is looking for a new home after being rescued from the Central Otago wilderness. […]
- Dawn Meats raises bid for Alliance stake ahead of shareholder vote
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