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- Cyclone Gabrielle: After the Flood
- Cyclone Gabrielle: Rebuilding Land and Lives
- Cyclone Gabrielle: Road to Recovery
- Dairy Input Costs
- Dairy South
- Dairy's Decade Ahead
- DIY Soil Health
- Farms, Forests and the Future
- Food Security
- Future of Sheep Farming
- Jaded Leadership: Time to Regroup
- Rural Leadership
- Spotlight on Drench Resistance
- Spotlight on Labour
- State of Rural Healthcare
- Succession: How to step back successfully
- Unpacking NZ's Ag Policy Drive
March 13, 2024
Breeder seeks bell curve edge for resistance
What worked for sheep could work for cattle – if we had the numbers to develop it, says Gordon Levet.
March 11, 2024
New challenge as cattle drenches hit wall
How to continue to farm without so much reliance on drenches is the task ahead.
March 11, 2024
Worm control key to post-drench farm systems
Wormwise internal parasite project sees surge in farmers seeking information on drench resistance.
March 11, 2024
Drench battle out of ammo
There is no chemical silver bullet on the horizon to help farmers deal with drench resistance.
February 9, 2024
Gabrielle recovery is no ‘one-year sprint’
In some respects life has returned to normal on the east coast, but in others there are years of work still ahead.
February 9, 2024
Tairāwhiti farmers not out of woods yet
But ‘if a war should ever break out, I would take an army of Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay farmers’, says a local farm adviser.
February 9, 2024
A Rod of iron that proved tough enough
They don’t breed them tougher than Rod Vowles, a Hawke’s Bay farmer who climbed out of a steep gully cradling his broken neck after being caught in the aftermath of the cyclone.
February 9, 2024
Gabrielle’s touch continues to knock growers
Some kiwifruit vines were wiped out in a matter of hours, but even some of those that appeared unscathed are manifesting problems.
February 9, 2024
More speed needed for road to recovery
Gisborne mayor calls for an urgent need to review of how regions like hers receive roading recovery funding.
February 9, 2024
Native plants may help heal Tairāwhiti
A community leader calls for thinking beyond costly roadways to ensure the future of the region.