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NZ ploughing team rebound at worlds despite loaned gear
Mark Dillon says the shipping company refused to refund the failed freight costs before relenting.
Financial skills the next hurdle on the dairy progression path
Luke Doyle’s Kellogg Rural Leadership project found 86% of young farmers identify financial risk as a barrier to progression.
Fonterra farmer confidence holds as earnings near top of range
Confidence among Fonterra farmers is holding after the co-operative confirmed its earnings guidance.
Climate models show El Niño and La Niña cycles amplifying
Modelling shows El Niño and La Niña events intensifying in both frequency and strength as the climate warms.
Labour’s small-target run leaves it defending its tax stance
Political commentator Peter Dunne says Labour’s three-year strategy of staying a small target is leaving it stuck defending National’s tax claims.
Canterbury dairy support block reaches $74,000 a hectare
Canterbury Country manager for Bayleys Rob McConachy says it is above the district’s usual range for blue-chip irrigated land.
Where rising input costs are pushing farmers to precision ag
Connected Farms’ Tom Andrews says New Zealand has been slow to adopt precision tools, until now.
Who’d you trust to run your farm, and who wouldn’t you let near it?
Toby Williams and Dean Rabbidge join us on today's North-South Farmer Panel.
DairyNZ’s Māori internships growing talent for dairy sector
The programme runs from late November to March, taking on two interns with more placed across the wider organisation.
GDT eases 1.1% as cheddar and powders hold firm
NZX Head of Dairy Insights Cristina Alvarado says the demand came from an unusual quarter.