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• Cost of losing GE-free label on primary exports unknown - report
  A new report suggests they could be reduced by up to $10-20 billion in revenue each year. […]
• Most NZ dairy farmers put profitability first – but some are planting native trees anyway
  Hedgerows, riparian plantings and shade trees can enhance native biodiversity on dairy farms. […]
• Hawke's Bay farmers under pressure after one of driest springs for decades
  Farmers are off-loading stock and crop are failing to strike as dry conditions start to bite. […]
• Country Life: Schoolkids put buzz back into biodiversity on a Pāmu dairy farm
  Young school students plant habitat for an endangered skink and learn heaps about biodiversity at a nature reserve on a North Canterbury farm. […]
• Maritime Union joins opposition to live export shipments
  The Maritime Union also has zero faith in government assurances of a gold standard for ships used for the trade. […]
• Country Life: No quick fix for controlling wallaby plague
  How are efforts to control wallabies in the Bay of Plenty working? […]
• Government accused of betraying Kiwis' trust over lack of consultation on live exports
  The government has always vowed to reinstate live exports by sea, which was banned by the previous Labour government. […]
• Winners of Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards announced
  A food rescue charity, vital mahi to improve fish passages, pest animal and plant control, and long-term efforts to restore waterways have all been re […]
• In a step towards reducing greenhouse gases, Pāmu's St Kilda farm welcomes first cattle to methane testing facility
  The facility will test which cattle are the most efficient converters of feed into growth - as well as which ones emit less methane. […]
• Detecting and diagnosing mastitis in 15 minutes in the field
  A New Zealand start-up wants to give farmers a tool similar to the Covid-19 rapid antigen test for detecting and diagnosing mastitis in the herd. […]
• 'Leaner' Alliance announces $95.8m loss
  The cost of shutting its Timaru meat works is costing the troubled red meat co-operative more than $51m. […]