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DairyOctober 29

Improving demand boosts milk price forecast

Fonterra has lifted its forecast farmgate milk price for the current season by 25 cents.

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DairyOctober 28

Eastern Southland dairy farmers collect supreme award as they seek to progress

Eastern Southland contract milker Jippy Singh is using his recent award success as fuel to take the next step in his dairy industry career.

Shawn McAvinue

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HorticultureOctober 28

Orchard workers arrive to good-looking fruit crops set up by favourable spring conditions in Central Otago

The season has been favourable so far but it may face a blight of rising freight costs, tighter retail margins and a staff accommodation shortage, Central Otago fruit growers say.

Shawn McAvinue

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Red MeatOctober 28

Sodden paddocks spike sheep nut sales in the South

A soggy start to spring sparked a record-breaking sheep nut sale spike in the South, a Gore stock feed manufacturer says.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural PeopleOctober 28

New project to capture oral history of Maniototo shearing in the 1980s

An oral history project highlighting the heyday of shearing in the Maniototo in the 1980s aims to keep the voices and experiences from the era alive.

Shawn McAvinue

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Red MeatOctober 28

Grass growth spurs full clearance at Gore Spring Cattle Sale

Everything sold at the Gore Spring Cattle Sale on October 21.

Shawn McAvinue

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Rural LifeOctober 28

Mobile black spots a big headache for farming families

Canterbury farmers are struggling with calls dropping out in mobile black spots on easily accessible flat country since the exit of the 3G network.

Tim Cronshaw

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Rural LifeOctober 28

Christchurch trained engineer relishing working in horticulture’s post-harvesting

An automation engineer has just helped put in a new peach grader in a Central Otago orchard fresh out of finishing his studies in Christchurch.

Tim Cronshaw

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Rural LifeOctober 28

Milking robots pay off for South Canterbury dairying couple

When Brendan and Katya Caird bought their South Canterbury farm the plan was to rip out the six robotic milkers.

Tim Cronshaw

Rural LifeOctober 28

Merino harvesting cadetship opens up new woolshed skills

Bailey Wereta-McDiarmid feels like she can walk into a fine woolshed and and not let the team down after completing a cadetship.

Tim Cronshaw

Rural LifeOctober 28

Shearing shed culture change from animal welfare training after scandal

The wool harvesting industry is committing more funding to animal welfare training launched after a shearing abuse investigation.

Tim Cronshaw

Rural LifeOctober 28

New technology to make auto-bidding more accessible

Wool Online has invested heavily in new technology on its online trading platform on the back of a surge in buyer bidding.

Tim Cronshaw

Rural LifeOctober 28

Rural economy in right direction for South Island Agricultural Field Days

A healthy rural economy has organisers upbeat for another large turnout at the South Island Agricultural Field Days in Canterbury’s Kirwee.

Tim Cronshaw

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