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Economists weren't expecting the downward revision.

Fonterra's downward farmgate revision a 'surprise'
Fonterra recently announced the sale of Tip Top.

Fonterra revises earning guidance down, drops predicted farmgate price
Watch: Fonterra recently sold Tip Top to help pay off debt.

Positive news expected in Fonterra result
Watch: A dog behaviourist demonstrates the strong bond between a dog and its master.

Young Canterbury farmer loses beloved farm dog in house fire
Watch: Samantha Stacey from Shoof talked to Rural Exchange about precautions farmers can take for the annual stock moving season.

Farmers reminded about biosecurity ahead of annual stock moving day
Watch: Southland farmer Glen Hazlett uses a jetski on the farm.

Watch: Farmer swaps tractor for a jetski in Southland flooding
Listen: William Beetham spoke to Rural Today about concerns that more and more farms are being replaced with forestry.

'A recipe for disaster': Rural lobby group launched to oppose billion trees policy
Cows were left without enough water in their quarantined area.

Cows euthanised after M bovis lockdown
Fonterra has sold Tip Top to UK-based Froneri, owned by Nestle and R&R Ice Cream.

'Serious mismanagement': Winston Peters slams Tip Top sale

Listen: Colin and Isabella Beazley talk to Rural Exchange about their win.

Third time lucky for NZ Dairy Industry Award winners
Opinion Watch: Farmers are fuming after the announcement of the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill

Opinion: Living under the Zero Carbon Act
Opinion Watch: The moment Trish Rankin was announced as Fonterra 2019 Dairy Woman of the Year.

Opinion: Celebrating farming mothers
In Depth Dairy

'Too scared to pick up the phone': Farmer's struggle with MPI over M bovis scare
David Hall speaks to Finn Hogan for Newshub Nation.

Only cure for climate anxiety is climate action - expert
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The harrowing human cost of M bovis
Watch: James Shaw on Newshub Nation.

Zero Carbon Bill 'not just about farmers' - Shaw
Watch: Former rural mental health support worker Angela Cushnie talks to Duncan Garner about her concerns.

Former rural support worker speaks out over MPI response to M bovis stress
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M bovis workers quit over inaction on farmer mental health
Watch: Farmers are fuming after the announcement of the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill.

Peters hits back at farmers after carbon bill backlash
Tanker drivers have formed a special bond with a Waikato man who suffers from rare illness.

'It's a special relationship': Fonterra changes tanker schedule for its biggest fan
Watch: Chris Lewis spoke to Rural Exchange about what the new technology means for New Zealand farmers.

Why new long-life milk tech could be a godsend for Kiwi farmers
Samantha Stacey from Shoof NZ talks to Rural Exchange about Moving Day.

M.bovis programme boosted ahead of annual stock moving day
The Project discusses other calls by experts for a new conversation about GE.

NZ embracing gene-editing is a 'no-brainer' - Geoff Simmons
The Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has also just got engaged - although she was proposed to in a more traditional manner.

'Alice, marry me?': Farmer's unusual marriage proposal
Despite the slow down, Nathan Penny said farms are still on track for a good season .

Warm temperatures see dairy production levels dive
Watch: Trish Rankin is announced as the Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year.

Watch: Taranaki farmer named 2019 Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year

Watch: Ryan Bridge talks to Sam Brown about his sheep milk vodka.

'Typically New Zealand': Whangamata man launches sheep milk vodka

Julie Pirie, Emma Hammond, Kylie Leonard and Trish Rankin are finalists in the 2019 awards.

'Breaking the mould of public perception': Dairy Woman of the Year finalists announced
Watch: The Government has given itself until 2020 to create new rules to stop the "degradation of fresh water".

NZ's 'dirtiest industry' blasted over environment report

Listen: Robert Spurway talks to Rural Today about the trial.

'The equivalent of taking 18,500 cars off the road': Fonterra's latest move to reduce carbon emissions
A recent survey revealed 80 percent of Kiwis want stricter rules to protect the country's rivers, lakes and waterways from pollution.

Dairy industry reacts to damning water quality report
A backdown of epic proportions: the capital gains tax (CGT) is dead., reports Newshub political editor Tova O'Brien

'Farmers are relieved': Rural groups welcome CGT decision

The 'muddy bun' craze sweeps China, Annabelle White had some ideas for sweet Easter treats.

Chinese 'muddy buns' craze pushing up NZ butter price
Dairy

Another lift in global dairy commodity prices
The Government last year announced a package aimed at helping farmers recover from the M bovis outbreak

Govt announces tightening of animal tracing scheme
The drought has had a major impact on growers and farmers in the Nelson region.

How the summer drought brought a sheep dairy company to its knees
Dairy

West Coast flooding runs river through farmer's best paddocks
LISTEN: William Beetham spoke to Rural Today about concerns that more and more farms are being replaced with forestry.

Rural communities fear the worst as more farms sold into forestry
LISTEN: Phil Newton talks to Rural Today's Dominic George about the day helped save a woman's life.

Hero truckie relives the day he saved woman from cliff edge
Officials have signalled that genetic engineering could be a 1080 alternative.

Farmers urge Greens to accept genetic engineering
WATCH: Dairy NZ's Tim Mackle explains about the Owl Farm project and the issues facing the dairy industry around climate change.

Major farm trial demonstrates financial benefits of green farming
WATCH: Newshub Rural visited Fonterra's Te Awamutu plant to find out about the move to the new biodiesel.

Fonterra to recognise high-performing farms in new sustainability approach
The ABC report said hundreds of cows have died and the rest have turned out "overpriced, unhealthy and infertile."

NZ cows sent to Sri Lanka dying, failing to produce milk - report
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'Hitting the sweet spot': dairy commodity prices continue upward trend
Drought like conditions have been causing problems for farmers in many parts of the country.

Waikato farmer morale rising with new pasture growth
"It's made right here in New Zealand, using dairy products and onions produced and grown by Kiwi farmers," said Countdown.

April Fools' prank announces new 'Onion Dip' ice-cream
Dairy

'Meat the victims' - Hundreds of vegans trespass Australian farm

The Government recently gave $7 million to boost world-leading dairy industry genetic research.

Report says dairy sector in good heart, adjusts payout forecast upward
Opinion Farmers criticised the Ministry for Primary Industries response to the Mycoplasma bovis outbreak.

Opinion: Call on us when what you've got works

Watch: ASB senior rural economist Nathan Penny talks to Hamish McKay and Richard Loe on Rural Exchange. about global dairy price

Butter prices go into meltdown