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• Rogue sheep rescued in Hawke's Bay and given life-saving haircuts
  "One of our MPI inspectors rugby-tackled one of them and the other one just sat down and accepted it," says one of the SPCA inspectors who w […]
• Lawyer questions balance of environmental, economic goals in RMA directions
  "I think there is a political question as to where that balance is set, and whether there needs to be greater environmental protection than propo […]
• New Zealand dairy production reaches record high
  Milksolids rose 4.5 percent, with artificial breeding at a three-decade high and beef-on-dairy sales up 25 percent. […]
• Environmental breaches on dairy farms leading to bigger fines
  Farmers can be fined up to a million dollars for serious environmental offending under tougher penalties introduced last year. […]
• Country Life: Makahuri - from former boarding school to village
  An old school south of Ōtaki has found a new life as Makahuri, a village where residents share gardens, chickens, companion cows and the work of build […]
• 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 […]