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Both farmers on this week's North-South panel are preparing for El Niño, though they treat the forecasts cautiously.

Australian rural commentator Libby Price says Australian rice production is under pressure as processor SunRice cuts jobs.

Lead economist at Bagrie Economics Cameron Bagrie says parliament needs ‘more plumbers than preachers’.

Environment Southland says Southland farmers should prepare now for a wetter-than-normal season under a possible strong El Niño.

Pāmu is measuring methane from cattle, with animals spending about 56 days having their feed intake recorded.

Fern Energy chief executive Chris Gourley says crude oil has lifted 20% to about $85 a barrel in two days.

Feds banking spokesperson Mark Hooper says ag debt fell $1.44 billion, at least $1 billion more than the usual seasonal drop.

Hunters now have a formal role in managing Fiordland's wapiti numbers, becoming New Zealand's first Herd of Special Interest.

Dairy farmers can now fix the price of their physical milk from an app, a world-first tool from global company Czarnikow.

Unrest over new blueberry import health standards is less about the science than about what growers are asking for, Blueberries NZ say.