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AGRICULTURE

Courgettes fetched a record price of $21.42 a kilo.
Agriculture

Why courgettes are so expensive right now

Courgettes fetched a record price of $21.42 a kilo in June.
Workshop participants examine soil at the Short's farm.
Agriculture

Farming's 'curious learners' dig into regenerative agriculture

Taranaki farmers - among them a former All Black - have been taking a crash course in Regenerative Agriculture at workshops around the province.
Related video: The Government recently announced a 10-year roadmap for the primary sector.
Agriculture

Is this the answer for the country's struggling wool sector?

The Government on Friday released its highly anticipated plan to revitalise the wool sector.
A study of 1000 sheep divided into high emitting and low emitting animals found these traits were passed on to successive generations.
Agriculture

So far so good for AgResearch project breeding 'elite' low-methane sheep

Low methane appears to be a breedable trait that does not affect economic value in sheep, and could lead to a cumulative 1 percent reduction in emissions each year, farmers have been told.
Todd Muller said the Government had created a "huge amount of stress" for farming families.
Agriculture

'Clumsy and incompetent': Opposition slams Government's plan for primary sector

"Farmers will shudder at the document's multiple suggestions that the entire sector needs 'transformation'."
Wool prices are at a record low.
Agriculture

The sustainable Kiwi product going to waste

"Maybe we just need to stand up and do something about it."

COVID-19 highlighted weaknesses in the country's food supply and security.
Agriculture

Feeding New Zealand: Food security will be 'a critical issue' without Govt help

"You won't always learn the lessons that you have in crisis."

Some South Island growers said they faced oblivion through record-high carbon charges.
Agriculture

High carbon charges could lead to winter tomato shortage

Carbon unit prices reached an historic $30 a tonne this week, in a market response to Government changes in the pricing.
The training farm went into liquidation at the end of 2018 .
Agriculture

'Run-down' training farm given new life in bid to help redundant workers

The Government is backing plans to give a new lease of life to Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre, near Masterton.