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An AgResearch study shows that dairy sheep appear to have lower nitrogen leaching per hectare than their bovine counterparts. Dr Diana Selbie has been leading the MBIE-funded project looking at the environmental footprint of dairy sheep. Its aim is to provide some hard data to back up claims that this industry is more environmentally friendly. Peter Burke reports...

OPINION: The Hound hears that government department MBIE is apparently working on a 'NZ Battery Project' to try and find a solution to dry years when we don't get enough hydropower.

Potato growers aren't giving up their fight against cheaper frozen french fries imports from the European Union.

A South Canterbury dairy farmer has been fined $30,000 for breaching employment entitlements of 24 workers.

A South Canterbury dairy farmer has been fined $30,000 for breaching employment entitlements of 24 workers.

A Taranaki-based medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp venture is part of a group that will investigate ways to turn hemp seed hulls into products for the global market.

New Zealand government officials have started an investigation into cheap frozen chip imports being dumped into the country after concerns raised by local potato growers earlier this year.

Potato farmers are relieved that the Government is investigating the dumping of surplus European frozen fries into New Zealand

With the closure of saleyards under Alert 4, New Zealand’s virtual saleyard bidr says it will be an essential tool for the trading of livestock during lockdown.

Almost $600 million flowed into the meat industry from outside New Zealand in the last 18 months.