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One Plan

Sat 06 Sep 2008

The Manawatu-Wanganui region encompasses around 8% of New Zealands land area. There are 6000 farms in the region.

Horizons Regional Council is trying to strike a...
Sep 2008
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Norm Johnson, 85 not out!

Sat 06 Sep 2008

Norm Johnson was a keen cricketer. His best score ever, he says, was 85 not out. Now in his 86th year hes aiming for his...
Sep 2008
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Livestock parasite tools

Sat 30 Aug 2008

AgResearch and Massey University are working together in a joint venture in the Hopkirk Research Institute. They are developing new diagnostic tools for internal parasites...
Aug 2008
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Greening Waipara

Sat 30 Aug 2008

Greening Waipara is a biodiversity enhancement project on a large scale in the wine-growing region of North Canterbury around Waipara township.

Over 40 vineyards have planted...
Aug 2008
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Palm Kernel Extract

Sat 23 Aug 2008

Imported palm kernel extract (PKE) is now a popular supplementary feed for dairy cows.

Massey University and AgResearch Grasslands have been researching the use of palm...
Aug 2008
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Lincoln University Dairy Farm

Sat 23 Aug 2008

The pasture management system used at the Lincoln University Dairy farm is the main reason the farm is in the top 1% of dairy farms...
Aug 2008
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Drench Resistance in Merinos

Sat 16 Aug 2008

A predicted annual wool loss of $1.2million in the Merino and $1million in the Mid Micron sectors through drench resistance alone has been highlighted by...
Aug 2008
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Waikato Innovation Park - Post-milking technologies

Sat 16 Aug 2008

Three innovations designed to improve milking systems and the quality of milk.
Aug 2008
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Carbon calculator crunches farm credits and debits

Sat 09 Aug 2008

In June this year, charitable trust The Carbon Farming Group (CFG) launched an easy to use, online calculator, which estimates a farms potential carbon liability...
Aug 2008
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AS Wilcox and Sons

Sat 09 Aug 2008

AS Wilcox and Sons was started by John Wilcoxs grandfather Syd and one of his sons Lex, who is now chairman of the board. They...
Aug 2008
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Improving management of dry land sheep farms lessons from Silverwood.

Sat 02 Aug 2008

Now in the second year of a series of trials supported by SFF, there have been some mistakes made and lessons learnt in the quest...
Aug 2008
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High-tech sheep and beef property

Sat 02 Aug 2008

After success with an Innovation dairy farm at Walton, Innovation Waikato were commissioned by NZTE in 2006 to establish plans for an integrated farm management...
Aug 2008
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Farm Foresters Carbon Options

Sat 26 Jul 2008

The current suite of carbon options available to farm foresters or wait for 18 months until the situation is a little bit clearer.

Piers Maclaren, independent...
Jul 2008
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David and Ailsa Miller

Sat 26 Jul 2008

David and Ailsa Miller have been dairy farmers for their entire working life, starting out on town supply at Ardmore near Auckland, moving on to...
Jul 2008
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IPM for outdoor lettuce

Sat 19 Jul 2008

Lettuce aphid was discovered in New Zealand in 2002 and spread rapidly to all growing areas. A big science programme with funding from government and...
Jul 2008
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Biological Farming of Milking Goats

Sat 19 Jul 2008

Goats are very susceptible to worms under intensive farming conditions. Some drenches can be effective but have long withholding periods in milking goats where the...
Jul 2008
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DNA Proven genetics

Sat 12 Jul 2008

It has been said that DNA Proven genetics is the most significant development in farm productivity improvement since artificial breeding (AB) began in New Zealand...
Jul 2008
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Karamea Tomatoes

Sat 12 Jul 2008

An entrepreneurial dairy farmer in the northern reaches of the West Coast takes advantage of a unique climate to grow tomatoes for both local...
Jul 2008
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Kawatiri Peppers

Sat 05 Jul 2008

Kawatiri Peppers

In a non-traditional horticultural region a capsicum grower on the edge of Westport is supplying local and Canterbury markets with high quality capsicums.

The West...
Jul 2008
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Oceana Gold

Sat 05 Jul 2008

Gold mining company, Oceana Gold, is a primary producer operating on Department of Conservation land behind Reefton.

The mine, which has been processing gold ore for...
Jul 2008
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Growing Cranberries on the West Coast

Sat 28 Jun 2008

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS NO LONGER OPERATES FROM THE WEST COAST AND THE FARM HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN.


 

Cranberries NZ is the first...
Jun 2008
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Peter and Helen McLaren Tutaki Heights , Murchison

Sat 28 Jun 2008

Peter and Helen McLaren are very accomplished large herd farm managers, and have worked in the industry for a long time; they are very successful...
Jun 2008
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Blackball Salami

Sat 21 Jun 2008

Blackball Salami was founded in 1992 as a family business based in the historic West Coast town of Blackball. It produces fermented, naturally cured and...
Jun 2008
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Kiwifruit Industry

Sat 21 Jun 2008

In 1904, Miss Katie Fraser, the headmistress of a girls college in the riverside town, Wanganui, returned from visiting her sister on a mission station...
Jun 2008
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Geoff and Gill Brann - Te Puke

Sat 14 Jun 2008

Geoff and Gill Brann planted their first trees on their 242ha farm, Roydon Downs, near Te Puke for soil conservation reasons but over the 45...
Jun 2008
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Okaro Catchment Lake Restoration

Sat 14 Jun 2008
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The Birchalls are dairy farmers involved in a number of water quality initiatives on their farm
Jun 2008
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Medihoney

Sat 07 Jun 2008

Listed company Comvita has developed Medihoney products which promote wound healing because of the anti-bacterial properties of high unique manuka factor (UMF) honeys. The patented...
Jun 2008
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Reducing N & P Enrichment of Rotorua Lakes

Sat 07 Jun 2008

Eutrophication of Rotorua lakes is caused in part by farming operations in the catchment. Modelling studies have estimated that 70% of nitrogen and 40% of...
Jun 2008
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ARGOS

Sat 31 May 2008

The Agricultural Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS) is an unincorporated joint venture between the Agribusiness Group, Lincoln University, and the University of Otago.

It started back...
May 2008
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Upper Taieri Water Management Project

Sat 24 May 2008

The Upper Taieri area receives as little as 350 mm annual rainfall and so irrigation is crucial to farm viability. Taieri waterways also support an...
May 2008
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Gordon Lucas Dual-purpose Merino

Sat 24 May 2008

While others in the merino industry are retrenching or looking for a new ways of marketing wool some are still hard at work developing...
May 2008
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Late Season Apricots

Sat 17 May 2008

This is the story of the work being done by HortResearch, and a privately owned company, Nevis to breed late season apricots to get them...
May 2008
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Criffel Station

Sat 17 May 2008

Criffel Station is a big South Island high country deer farm with 13,000 stock units on 2000ha at the iconic centre of the New Zealand...
May 2008
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Grasshopper Rock - new wine on the block

Sat 10 May 2008

This is the story of the process of setting up a new vineyard and taking the risky plunge into boutique wine production. It is the...
May 2008
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White - Hawkes Bay

Sat 10 May 2008

Crops including wheat, barley, sweetcorn, squash and peas are grown on Neil and Gwen Whites 555ha Ludlow Farm, in a seven-year rotation including two years...
May 2008
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Romney NZ Ltd

Sat 03 May 2008

Romney New Zealand is out to help the breed reclaim the centre stage in the sheep industry. Among the measures adopted is a new venture...
May 2008
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Maori cropping support

Sat 26 Apr 2008

A group of scientists has been working with growers on the East Coast to help them develop appropriate strategies for small-scale organic vegetable production and...
Apr 2008
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Pinot Noir specialists

Sat 26 Apr 2008

The Martinborough region is renowned for its Pinot Noir wines. Here, small to medium wine companies are the major players, turning challenging growing conditions into...
Apr 2008
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Fodder trees for drought conditions

Sat 19 Apr 2008

Professor Tom Barry leads a team at Massey University looking at drought-resistant plants and alternative food sources.

Using the scientific definition from Niwa in the last...
Apr 2008
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John Bostock Apples

Sat 19 Apr 2008

John Bostock was the first New Zealand grower to embrace organic production on a commercial export basis due to international demand for clean, healthy, and...
Apr 2008