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Waimea Water Update

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The 20 year-long process to secure water supply for the Waimea Plain.

Jul 2025

Forever Harvest

6.22

Producing fruit without trees, vines or bushes.

Jul 2025

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7.14

An award-winning Waikato cheese maker caring for community and environment.

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Professor Jacqueline Rowarth, University of Waikato

Tue 01 Mar 2016
14:14

Jacqueline Rowarth is Professor of Agribusiness at The University of Waikato.
Mar 2016
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Crawford Lamb Breeding and Finishing

Tue 01 Mar 2016
7:03

Barry and Julie Crawford use EID to track performance of their lambs with Silver Fern Farms
Mar 2016
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World Record Barley Yield 2015

Tue 01 Mar 2016
6:47

Minimum tillage and a focus on soil fertility and nutrient loss reduction promotes big yields
Mar 2016
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Premium Pet Food Research

Tue 01 Mar 2016
6:44

A study of the nutritional value of high value pet food that contains beef, lamb and venison
Mar 2016
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Flashmate Heat Detection

Tue 01 Mar 2016
6:07

A new tool for easy detection of cows coming into heat designed by FarmShed Labs
Mar 2016
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Antara Ag Sheep Dairy Farms

Tue 01 Mar 2016
7:06

A dairy sheep farm in Southland is milking around 10,000 ewes across three properties
Mar 2016
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Blue River Dairy

Tue 01 Mar 2016
7:18

Blue River Dairy is ready for growth of its sheep dairy products into the Asian market
Mar 2016
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A Raglan Harbour Farm Conservation Project

Sat 12 Dec 2015
7:00

Richard and Kerie Aubrey work with the QE2 Trust and Whaingaroa Harbour Care
Dec 2015
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Eel Farming in Waikato

Sat 12 Dec 2015
7:26

The work of fisheries biologist Charles Mitchell to make use of nutrient run-off from farms
Dec 2015
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Wallace Corporation Composting

Sat 05 Dec 2015
7:04

Processing waste paunch grass from meat processing to high quality compost
Dec 2015
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Aduro Biopolymers

Sat 05 Dec 2015
6:48

Converting bloodmeal into a biopolymer that can be extruded like a petrochemical plastic
Dec 2015
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Sarita Cherry Orchard

Sat 05 Dec 2015
6:44

Growing cherries for export and the local market
Dec 2015
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Food Testing at Hill Laboratories

Sat 05 Dec 2015
6:14

Fruit testing for chemical residues is undertaken on behalf of kiwifruit exporter Zespri
Dec 2015
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Tree-Swinging Robot

Sat 28 Nov 2015
6:34

Canterbury University and Scion have joined forces to build a robot for safe forestry work
Nov 2015
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Blueberry Country

Sat 28 Nov 2015
7:27

Growing blueberries for fresh, process and pick-your-own in Waikato
Nov 2015
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BBC Technologies

Sat 28 Nov 2015
6:36

Soft fruit harvest and packing technology developed by Geoff and Alison Furniss
Nov 2015
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Biological Farming Growth in Canterbury

Sat 21 Nov 2015
6:41

Rob Flynn of Soil Matters has introduced a biological system to Te Mania Angus Stud
Nov 2015
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Farmer Engagement in Policy Making

Sun 15 Nov 2015
7:18

Federated Farmers encourages farmers to be proactive in environmental policy changes
Nov 2015
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Masterweave Textiles

Sun 15 Nov 2015
7:35

An ex-goat farmer is producing mohair, cashgora and alpaca based luxury textiles
Nov 2015
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Stabilising Irrigators

Sat 14 Nov 2015
5:43

Engineering students at Canterbury University solving the problem of wind damaged irrigators
Nov 2015
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Aeronavics

Sat 07 Nov 2015
7:22

Developing drones for agriculture at Aeronavics
Nov 2015
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Land Flipping for Productive Dairy Farm Land

Sat 07 Nov 2015
6:59

Johno O'Connor has used land flipping to aid drainage on the heavy soils of his dairy property
Nov 2015
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Bluebridge Stock Transportation

Sat 07 Nov 2015
6:24

The independent freight operator taking stock and passengers across Cook Strait
Nov 2015
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Researching Hive Colony Collapse

Sun 01 Nov 2015
7:09

Mark Goodwin from Plant & Food Research is looking at unexplained bee deaths
Nov 2015
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A Farm Effluent System Update

Sun 01 Nov 2015
6:46

Rex Butterworth has changed his effluent system with help from consultant Alison Dewes
Nov 2015
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King Crab Fishery

Sat 31 Oct 2015
6:47

Surveying the potential of a King Crab fishery
Oct 2015
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The Olive Press

Sat 31 Oct 2015
6:24

Bruce McCallum is managing director of a co-operative olive press processing high quality oil
Oct 2015
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Adding Value to Waste Moss at Supersphag

Sat 24 Oct 2015
7:02

A West Coast innovator adds value to sphagnum moss that would otherwise be discarded
Oct 2015
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Dairy Beef Integration Project

Sat 24 Oct 2015
6:39

AgResearch and Beef+Lamb NZ add value to the dairy industry using beef genetics
Oct 2015
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Alliance Group Chairman Murray Taggart

Sat 24 Oct 2015
6:59

A visit to Murray Taggart's North Canterbury property
Oct 2015
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Hurunui Water Project

Sat 17 Oct 2015
7:58

An irrigation scheme is trying to get underway following a number of drought years
Oct 2015
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Herd Homes 2015

Sat 17 Oct 2015
6:27

Tom Pow and the thinking behind the development of herd homes
Oct 2015
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Staglands Wildlife Reserve

Sat 17 Oct 2015
5:44

The wildlife reserve that John Simister created to protect natural heritage
Oct 2015
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Mende Biotech and Totarol

Sat 10 Oct 2015
8:57

Doug Mende is extracting a powerful anti-microbial compound from Totara
Oct 2015
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Huanui Orchards

Sat 10 Oct 2015
5:25

An orchard and store that has survived by adapting to changing consumer tastes
Oct 2015
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Effectiveness of Long-Acting Drenches

Sat 03 Oct 2015
7:29

An AgResearch study on eight farms looking at the use and effectiveness of drenches
Oct 2015
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Landcorp at Cape Foulwind

Thu 01 Oct 2015
7:28

Business Manager Rebecca Keoghan on Landcorp's three dairy units at Cape Foulwind
Oct 2015
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Pakotai Farm

Thu 01 Oct 2015
6:48

Grieg and Rachel Alexander have changed management practices for greater sustainability
Oct 2015
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Alpacas at Blair Athol

Thu 01 Oct 2015
6:00

Breeding, showing and farm visits at Blair Athol
Oct 2015
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Farmstrong

Sat 26 Sep 2015
7:03

A healthy thinking programme for farmers and growers
Sep 2015