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How NZ sheep are helping find a cure for Alzheimer's
A University of Auckland geneticist says sheep are ideal for testing drugs, due to their longer life span, complex brain structure and genetic similarity to humans.
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A&P board director paid $75k for landing $5m deal
26 Apr 2024The Canterbury A&P Association's board is keeping mum after it emerged one of their own received $75k to help secure a multimillion-dollar council bailout deal.
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Senior A&P figures hopeful of salvaging this year's NZ Agricultural Show
24 Apr 2024The future of the Christchurch show has been secured, but it remains to be seen whether the 2024 event can go ahead at this stage.
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Forest and Bird takes legal action over hunting agreement
23 Apr 2024Conservationists are butting heads about the best way to control Fiordland's wapiti elk populations, now the subject of a legal stoush.
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Wilding pine work 'will go backwards' with reduced funding
25 Apr 2024Land cleared of the pest plants is now "prime for re-infestation".
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Cattle fatally injured after stock truck rolls
24 Apr 2024A vet and some farmers helped out at the scene of the incident in central Hawke's Bay this morning.
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A&P show deal reached with Christchurch Council
24 Apr 2024Christchurch Council reaches deal over A&P show, but it's not clear if it will go ahead this year. Audio
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Mice cause chaos on ship carrying 1.2 million trays of Zespri kiwifruit
24 Apr 2024The company is working out how much of the $25m shipment - its first to Europe this season - has to be dumped.
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New import rules to avoid repeat of hepatitis A outbreak
23 Apr 2024Frozen berries coming into New Zealand will have to meet new import rules, in a bid to improve food safety.
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Mandarin prices fall due to soft demand
The quality is high this year but the price growers are being paid is lower, one grower says.
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International auditor to do more checks after damning East Coast report
22 Apr 2024An international forestry auditor has spoken out about a visit to the slash-damaged East Coast region last year.
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Which wild foods are safe to forage?
20 Apr 2024Christchurch conservationist Peter Langlands says his passion for foraging has turned him into an 'accidental botanist'. Audio
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'She's got everything you want in a cow'
Country Life - A 40-litres-of-milk-a-day Friesian called Evie has been Supreme Champion Holstein at the New Zealand A&P Agricultural Show for two years in a row. Audio
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Salmon farm goes green with tuk-tuks
A salmon farm says using electric tuk-tuks on its canals has been so successful, they are going to get more.
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One of the world's most invasive weeds discovered on Waikato farms
18 Apr 2024Velvetleaf can grow up to 2.5 metres tall, it has large, heart-shaped leaves with pointy tips and velvety hairs, and small, buttery yellow flowers.
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Dry weather a double-edged sword
A lack of rain on the North Island's East Coast may be good for the area's fruit and vegetable growers - but the dry is starting to bite for pastoral farmers.
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New Zealand A&P show cancelled for the year
17 Apr 2024Organisers of the show in Christchurch say it's not financially viable.
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The 'remarkably different' beer hops of Taranaki
17 Apr 2024A Taranaki brewer is excited about the distinctive flavour of beer made from hops grown in the region's hill country.
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Injuries from ram attack like being hit by a car - animal expert
20 Apr 2024After two people died this week in an apparent ram attack, New Zealand animal behaviour researcher says male farm animals can be dangerous - especially now, during breeding season.
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Mt Taranaki ranger Tāne Houston - 'we let the forest talk for itself'
Country Life takes a walk on the slopes of Mt Taranaki with mountain ranger Tāne Houston resetting bait, foraging and chatting about the progress made in restoring the landscape. Audio
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Sharesies to host online trading of Fonterra shares
18 Apr 2024Co-chief executive Leighton Roberts said the agreement offered a new line of business and should improve liquidity in Fonterra shares.
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PGW cuts earnings forecast by $7m
18 Apr 2024Weaker agricultural market conditions have forced the rural services company to cut its full-year earnings forecast.
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Low lamb prices could see more farmers planting trees
"Hardly any" sheep and beef farmers are breaking even and many will be looking for other uses for their land, agricultural consultant says.
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NZ shearer breaks merino solo record in Western Australia
16 Apr 2024Luke Vernon broke the previous record set in 2019 by shearing 500 merino ewes in eight hours.
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'A lot of infighting' - Primary sector firms urged to collaborate on exports
16 Apr 2024A new report says more collaboration between firms could increase the price New Zealand goods get in overseas markets.
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'Keeping up' with demand the biggest challenge for Canterbury Biltong
15 Apr 2024A Christchurch company is expanding production of its South African-style dried meat snacks once again to keep up with insatiable demand.
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Bird flu: what is it, and why has it been found in US dairy cows?
There are few places in the world the high pathogenicity bird flu has not yet reached, and scientists say the world is in an animal pandemic.
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Eric Fa'anoi - a view from both sides of the fence
Country Life: A visit to his ancestral village in Samoa has helped a young man from Porirua unearth his interest in agriculture. Audio
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