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• 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. […]
• Pygmy goats: Big business in a tiny package
  New Zealand's first, and smallest, pygmy goats are in high demand - and big prices are being paid. […]
• Animal rights advocates renew calls to end colony-cage egg farms
  After the ban of conventional cages, producers had the option to move to colony cages, barns and free-range systems. […]
• Ageing farm, orchard owners need succession to protect $150bn of assets - new report
  The agriculture and horticulture sector will see the largest-ever intergenerational transfer of wealth, with farm assets estimated to be worth $150b. […]