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Farmer Panel: Good neighbour rules need a nuanced approach to pests
On this week's Farmer Panel - sympathy for Southland, AI on farm and good neighbour behaviour.
Report says financial literacy can make or break succession
Are profitability and viability missing from farm succession conversations?
DAIRY Country Panel – Breaking down Fed Farmer’s Ag debate
Watch the full panel breakdown with Peter Morgan, CountryWide Senior Journalist Anne Lee and host Sarah Perriam-Lampp.
Zanda McDonald Award winner urges young farmers to apply
2026 winner Karn Dhaliwal runs four lanes: annual cropping, kiwifruit, export blueberries and a farming lane scaling up in dairy and dairy beef.
How back-to-basics farming delivered Pāmu’s profit
Productivity drove about 60% of Pāmu’s gain this year as profit tipped over $113 million.
Minister says aquaculture needs a bespoke statute to reach scale
Shane Jones says aquaculture needs its own statute to reach the scale the sector is targeting.
Potassium chloride spreads less evenly than DAP in fertiliser blends
A new report breaks down the individual components of a blended fertiliser spreading differently to each other.
Moving stock early gives farmers more options ahead of dry summer
Tony Trewinnard of Blue Skies Weather says the drought risk for Canterbury by the end of December remains.
What natural capital means for the farm gate
Farms with strong natural capital baselines are more resilient to climate and market shocks.
Another year of positive pricing forecast for red meat exports
Simon Quilty of Global Agritrends says cattle have another 50c a kilo of upside to October next year.