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Despite facing major challenges, New Zealand's potato industry remains a billion dollar business.
The hunt is on for the latest crop of innovators who have helped lift New Zealand’s reputation for producing high quality foods and fibres to even greater heights.
New Zealand strong wool could bring a sustainable bounce back into soft upholstery – and woolgrowers’ bank accounts – through a new project seeking an alternative to synthetic fillers.
Rural Communities Minister Damien O’Connor has announced that Cyclone Hale, which earlier this week caused significant flood damage across the Tairāwhiti/Gisborne District, as a medium-scale adverse event.
The supply of eggs in NZ is likely to be tight in the coming year.
Westland Dairy Company is standing by the packaging of its award-winning Westgold butter in the face of legal action by Irish dairy group Ornua.
Could robotics be the secret to faster and improved animal disease testing?
Farmers traditionally reliant on Bionic Plus capsules to manage internal parasites in ewes over lambing are being warned they may need to plan to farm without the product this year.
Portable sequencing technology used to track the spread of Covid-19 is now showing promise as a cost-effective way of determining breeding values directly on cattle properties.
In December, world food prices dipped for a ninth consecutive month, according to recent data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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As Cyclone Hale makes landfall, AA Insurance is reminding those on the North Island to check their properties and prepare for heavy rain and severe gales.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is asking people to take care and avoid unnecessary travel until Wednesday morning, as Cyclone Hale is set to hit the country.
Weaning time is looming and farmers are encouraged to consider a number of factors when deciding to wean, rather than sticking to a specific date every year.
Recent research has found that the tiny parasitoid wasp Pauesia nigrovaria has the power to kick the invasive giant willow aphid to the curb.
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