All posts tagged "featured"

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  Port Chalmers farming family helps keep ‘Halo’ free of predators

  With Orokonui Sanctuary nearby and the virgin forest of the Mihiwaka Reserve bordering their sheep and beef farm, Port Chalmers farmers John...

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  Second sweep of Great DDT Muster gathers pace

  A nationwide initiative to rid New Zealand of banned pesticides like DDT is gaining momentum as farmers turn over tonnes of the...

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  Ballance Farm Environment Awards

  Just to be a finalist was an absolute thrill for Gary and Adrienne Dalton and the Te Whangai Trust in 2017’s Auckland...

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  Horticulture health and safety toolkit

  Horticulture New Zealand has teamed up with WorkSafe New Zealand to create a health and safety toolkit specifically designed for horticulture businesses.

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  PHA cooperating with NZ to fight plant pests and diseases

  Following the recent discovery that the fungal plant disease myrtle rust has made it to New Zealand, Plant Health Australia (PHA) will...

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  Dr Rhodes’ services to science and marine farming recognised

  Cawthron Institute warmly congratulates Dr Lesley Rhodes, for her appointment as Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services...

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  Getting farm animals through the winter chill

  As people hunker down for another cold New Zealand winter, challenging times also lie ahead for animals exposed to the elements out...

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  Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards

  A North Canterbury sheep, beef and deer operation owned by the Douglas-Clifford family has won the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

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  Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards

  Fourth generation dairy farmers Scott and Sue Narbey have won the Auckland Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

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  Fruit exports help lift wholesale trade

  Rising fruit exports in the December 2016 quarter saw wholesale trade sales rise for the third quarter in a row, Statistics New...