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• Essential water use only as Northland's drought conditions worsen
  Under level 4 restrictions introduced this week in Dargaville, town supply water may be used only for drinking, cooking, washing clothes and showering […]
• Waikato farmers urged to watch for parasitic noodle-like weed Cuscuta campestris
  The yellow invasive plant grows in the shape of a messy circle and entwines itself around other plants. […]
• Southland farmers call for mallard ducks to be classified as pests
  An explosion of ducks is causing big problems for farmers as they are munching through crops. […]
• The women competing to be crowned first female top National Excavator Operator
  History could be made at the National Excavator Operator Competition, where contests have had to dunk basketballs, pour tea, and scoop eggs in heavy m […]
• Central Districts Field Days: Kiwi ingenuity sees attachable digger arm put through its paces
  The digger arm for construction, horticultural and tree work will be put to the test at the country's largest rural field days. […]
• Teen becomes first woman to win historic tractor-pull competition
  Ella Martin is the first woman to win the competition in it's almost 40-year history. […]
• Farmer jailed for wilful ill-treatment of lambs and sheep
  A Rangitikei farmer has been jailed for more than two years and disqualified from being in charge of animals indefinitely over the preventable deaths […]
• Optimism on quality as feijoa harvest hits top gear
  While volumes are down slightly, the quality of fruit is good, a grower says. […]
• Caution urged for dairy farmers set for earnings boost
  'Spend it wisely' Fonterra farmer shareholders told, after improved dividend values released, as many grapple with drought and low productio […]
• Drought conditions see groundwater and dams used for livestock run dry
  Agriculture Minister Todd McClay classified the conditions as a medium-scale adverse event, with the drought declaration opening up funding support an […]
• How about them apples? The team behind New Zealand's future apples and pears
  We find out what it takes to produce some of New Zealand's tastiest apples by heading inside Plant & Food Research where they help Prevar cre […]