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Apple Black Spot Control

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A search for novel methods to control Black Spot in apples

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Crown Rock Station

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A third generation upholds traditions of a Southland High Country station

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Massey Young Farmers

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Massey Young Farmers club provides skills and connections.

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Greenlea Premier Meats

Thu 01 May 2014
6:49

Advanced technologies at Greenlea Premier Meats
May 2014
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Fruit in Schools

Thu 01 May 2014
5:41

A programme begun to get more fruit and vegetables to schoolchildren
May 2014
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Hawkeye UAV Aerial Farm Mapping

Thu 01 May 2014
7:06

Unmanned aerial craft are being used to map farmland more accurately
May 2014
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Yellow Bristle Grass Management

Thu 01 May 2014
6:23

The pasture weed Yellow Bristle Grass is a threat to the dairy industry
May 2014
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Quality Grading System at Silver Fern Farms

Thu 01 May 2014
6:36

A PGP Programme with Silver Fern Farms and FarmIQ to assess eating quality
May 2014
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A Biological Approach to Improving Soils

Thu 01 May 2014
7:26

Nicole Masters is a biological farming advocate working with Bruce Nimon at Kokako Farms
May 2014
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A Smart Approach to Mastitis Management

Tue 01 Apr 2014
7:02

A dairy farmer got some external help for an ongoing mastitis problem in his herd
Apr 2014
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Kono Marketing

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:01

A food and beverage brand for the sale of products coming off Whakatu Incorporation land
Apr 2014
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Goat Milk Cheese at Gruff Junction

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:41

A boutique goat milk cheese producer
Apr 2014
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The Field Horsetail Challenge

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:30

Minimsing the spread of the highly invasive weed, field horsetail
Apr 2014
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The Big Picture for New Zealand Horticulture

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:21

Julian Raine is a fruit grower and the president of Horticulture New Zealand
Apr 2014
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Valhalla Educational Farm

Tue 01 Apr 2014
7:18

Bridging the urban-rural divide one school or tourist visit at a time
Apr 2014
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Pest Control with Mesh Crop Covers

Tue 01 Apr 2014
7:06

An alternative approach to controlling pests and diseases at the Future Farming Centre
Apr 2014
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High Performance Dairying

Tue 01 Apr 2014
7:04

Lance Gillespie is a graduate of a Rabobank Executive Development Programme
Apr 2014
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Astaxanthin Production Business Growth

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:23

Business growth at Supreme Biotechnologies growing algae for astaxanthin production
Apr 2014
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Future Forage Systems Project

Tue 01 Apr 2014
7:02

Identifying superior combinations of forages for dryland farming
Apr 2014
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Sustainable Land Use at Ewanrigg

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:44

Winners of the 2013 Supreme Award in the Horizons Region Ballance Farm Awards
Apr 2014
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Organic Vegetable Production at Willowmere

Tue 01 Apr 2014
6:23

A high-tech mixed cropping and livestock organic business
Apr 2014
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Agri-Rover Pastoral Robot

Sat 01 Mar 2014
5:31

A small autonomous robot is being developed at AgResearch for agricultural work
Mar 2014
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Dove River Peonies

Sat 01 Mar 2014
7:19

Growing peony flowers for floristry and creating products from peony plants for health
Mar 2014
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Mike Petersen Agricultural Trade Envoy

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:57

Mike Petersen has a new role after 10 years as chair of Beef + Lamb New Zealand
Mar 2014
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Mussel Breeding at the Cawthron Institute

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:36

Identifying and breeding from superior genetics in mussel families
Mar 2014
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Purely Dorset Duvets

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:41

Adding value to the Trelawne Poll Dorset wool clip by creating high quality duvet inners
Mar 2014
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Genoese Pesto Production

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:17

A Levin food company is making Italian pesto from Fijian grown basil
Mar 2014
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Best Practice Parasite Management

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:42

A five-year long project searching for better parasite management for pastoral farmers
Mar 2014
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Supreme Environment Award Winners 2013

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:32

Craige and Roz Mackenzie have been recognised for their superior environmental practices
Mar 2014
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Village Milk

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:17

A company building a business around its raw milk sales
Mar 2014
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Host a Hive

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:54

Jack Barley has begun a beehive supply and maintenance business
Mar 2014
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Martin Farming

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:54

100 years of involvement in the meat industry for the Martin family
Mar 2014
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Food HQ at Massey University

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:27

A super campus for the food industry at Massey University with industry partners
Mar 2014
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Breeding Resilient Oysters

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:47

Cawthron scientists are breeding for virus resistant oysters
Mar 2014
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Organics and Biological Husbandry at Lincoln

Sat 01 Mar 2014
7:01

Bob Crowder is a teacher at the Biological Husbandry Unit at Lincoln University
Mar 2014
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NZ Wool Expo

Sat 01 Mar 2014
6:21

A touring expo spreading the message about the sustainability and versatility of wool
Mar 2014
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Webster Group Animal Feeds

Sat 02 Nov 2013
7:57

Mitchell and Webster Ltd farms nearly 1400ha in North Otago, half of which is owned and most of which is irrigated, and the other half sharefarmed or leased.
Nov 2013
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Conservation Volunteers

Fri 01 Nov 2013
4:34

A farmer is conserving historic sites on their farm with the help of volunteers
Nov 2013
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Johne's Disease Research

Fri 01 Nov 2013
4:19

Identifying deer with increased resistance to Johne's Disease
Nov 2013
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Lifting Profitability at Redcliffs Station

Fri 01 Nov 2013
8:02

Willie and Sue Ensor are involved in a Beef + Lamb profit partnership programme
Nov 2013
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Cameron Glammies Winners

Sat 19 Oct 2013

In 2008 Forbes and Angus Cameron were inaugural winners of Beef and Lamb NZs Glammie awards - an annual award recognizing the countrys tastiest and most tender leg of lamb.
Oct 2013
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NZ AgITO Trainer of the Year

Sat 12 Oct 2013

Greenfield's Kevin Smith has won the AgITO sheep industry trainer of the year award. Kevin has trained more than 40 young people in the last...
Oct 2013
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Taratahi

Sat 05 Oct 2013

Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre was established in 1919 in the central Wairarapa as a training farm for men returning from the First World War.
Oct 2013