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Farmer Panel: Good neighbour rules need a nuanced approach to pests
October 1, 2026
On this week's Farmer Panel - sympathy for Southland, AI on farm and good neighbour behaviour.
Report says financial literacy can make or break succession
October 1, 2026
Are profitability and viability missing from farm succession conversations?
DAIRY Country Panel – Breaking down Fed Farmer’s Ag debate
October 1, 2026
Watch the full panel breakdown with Peter Morgan, CountryWide Senior Journalist Anne Lee and host Sarah Perriam-Lampp.
How back-to-basics farming delivered Pāmu’s profit
Productivity drove about 60% of Pāmu’s gain this year as profit tipped over $113 million.
Minister says aquaculture needs a bespoke statute to reach scale
Shane Jones says aquaculture needs its own statute to reach the scale the sector is targeting.
Potassium chloride spreads less evenly than DAP in fertiliser blends
A new report breaks down the individual components of a blended fertiliser spreading differently to each other.
Moving stock early gives farmers more options ahead of dry summer
Tony Trewinnard of Blue Skies Weather says the drought risk for Canterbury by the end of December remains.
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Leasing model a way forward for NZ agriculture
Sheep, beef and deer farmers, Stu and Ginny Neal, have built their farming business from scratch. They have worked hard on and off-farm, they have also worked at building both relationships and their reputations as people and custodians of the land. Words Sandra Taylor. Photos Ben Doubleday.
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