When it comes to growing healthy, productive crops, your plants often reveal what they need — you just have to know where to look.

By Media PA
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Finance: The NZ exchange rates were steady over the week finishing on a par with the previous week.

By Media PA
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Agsafe Weekly Rural Report: Finance: The NZ exchange rates were steady over the week finishing marginally above the previous week.

By Media PA
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Effluent is not waste – it's a nutrient-rich fertiliser source.

By Media PA
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Finance: The NZ exchange rates were steady over the week finishing at the 60 cent mark again against US dollar.

By Media PA
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Foliar fertiliser means spraying water-soluble nutrients directly onto plant leaves.

By Media PA
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Finance: The NZ exchange rates were steady to easier over the week finishing over the 60 cent mark again against US dollar.

By Media PA
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An ongoing risk in the fight to eradicate the cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis has led to some new requirements for raw milk destined to be used as cattle feed.

By OSPRI New Zealand
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Kāinga Ora’s decision to use wool carpet in its social housing is a massive win for wool growers but won’t be enough to save the industry on its own, Federated Farmers says.

By Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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New Zealand’s GE Free status and 'zero tolerance' for GE seeds required by current New Zealand legislation is under threat by the Gene Technology Bill.

By GE Free NZ
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By CSI Systems Ltd
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Agsafe Weekly Rural Report: Finance: The NZ exchange rates were steady to firmer over the week finishing over the 60 cent mark again.

By Media PA
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At the 2025 "Grow Grass in the Colder Months" Field Day, New Zealand soil scientist Dr Gordon Rajendram delivered an insightful talk on how strategic foliar fertiliser application is transforming pasture-based farming.

By Media PA
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Finance: The NZ exchange rates were steady over the week.

By Media PA
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Federated Farmers has launched a new campaign, SOS: Save Our Sheep, calling for urgent action to halt the collapse of New Zealand’s sheep industry.

By Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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Finance: The US dollar was steady over the week as markets get used to the Trump trade war & new trade relationships are negotiated.

By Media PA
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According to New Zealand soil scientist Dr Gordon Rajendram, treated dairy effluent is far more than a waste product – it’s a valuable on-farm resource.

By Media PA
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The total number of sheep was 23.6 million at June 2024, a fall of 6.2 million (21 percent) compared with 10 years ago, according to figures released by Stats NZ today.

By Statistics New Zealand
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Federated Farmers welcomes the Government’s commitment to halt the locking up of high-quality farmland in carbon forest, but says loopholes remain.

By Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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Agsafe Weekly Rural Report: Finance: The US dollar weakened through the week with the turmoil created by Trumps tariff policy.

By Media PA
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The Government’s proposed improvements to farm plans are a positive step towards a more practical and affordable solution, but the devil will be in the detail, Federated Farmers says.

By Federated Farmers of New Zealand
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SAFE has laid a formal complaint with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) citing breaches of the Animal Welfare Act, following New Zealand King Salmon’s repeated reporting of high summer mortality rates.

By SAFE For Animals
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Finance: The NZ dollar remained steady over the week but is still trading lower than recent years.

By Media PA
324 views