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PKW Incorporation

Sat 15 Apr 2017
6:32

Parininihi ki Waitotara’s No 2 farm at Ohangai just east of Hawera won 2016’s Taranaki Supreme Award in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards. It is a great example of what’s now happening on all the PKW farms in Taranaki.
Apr 2017
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Land Farming

Thu 13 Apr 2017
7:28

The use of “landfarming” for the disposal of waste materials from the oil exploration and production industry to encourage the formation of more stable topsoil on re-contoured sandy dunes and the growth of pasture has increased the agronomic value of the land ten-fold.
Apr 2017
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Muller 2015 Taranaki Environment Award Winners

Thu 13 Apr 2017
5:58

Mark and Jacqui Muller run a 167ha dairy farm with a leased 35ha run-off property 3km away. The Muller’s operation has been in business for over 100 years. Mark is a third generation farmer. His Swiss grandfather Melchior began farming the original 48ha Muller family block in 1914.
Apr 2017
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Mr Apple and Primary ITO

Thu 13 Apr 2017
6:57

Mr Apple is one of New Zealand’s largest pipfruit companies, exporting to over 50 countries. It is a vertically integrated operation that grows, packs, stores and exports pipfruit.
Apr 2017
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Heat Ranger

Thu 13 Apr 2017
6:46

A devastating series of frosts on a blackcurrant crop led to the design and development of a machine that blows heated air over vineyards and other low-growing crops, and is effective in preventing frost damage out to at least a 200m radius covering 12 – 20 ha.
Apr 2017
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Blackwell Stud and Dairy Grazing

Thu 13 Apr 2017
6:40

Robin and Jackie Blackwell are award winning dairy support focused farmers and bull breeders, who are passionate about their business and their Taranaki farm environment.
Apr 2017
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Hatuma Lime

Thu 13 Apr 2017
6:44

The Hatuma Lime Company is a third generation family agricultural lime business that had to re-invent itself in the 1950s and 1960s by marketing a product that they have called Hatuma Dicalcic Phosphate. It was a far-sighted move on the part of then general manager, Joe Topp.
Apr 2017
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Derek Fairweather, Chief Executive, Dairy Solutionz (NZ) Ltd

Thu 13 Apr 2017
9:50

The impacts of global climate change, the subsequent negative impacts of heat stress and low commodity prices are becoming more pressing issues for the world’s tropical dairy cows and their farmers. Since 2006, New Zealand company Dairy Solutionz has been developing heat tolerant breeds for tropical pastoral farming systems. Roger Bourne speaks with chief executive of Dairy Solutionz, Derek Fairweather, about progress of the breeding programme that’s designed to produce a heat tolerant Bos Taurus dairy cow.
Apr 2017
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Meadow Mushrooms

Sat 25 Mar 2017
6:27

Canterbury based Meadow Mushrooms is involved in all aspects of growing mushrooms – from making compost, through to packing and distribution. It supplies about 72 per cent of the New Zealand mushroom market, with 98 per cent of total production sold domestically.
Mar 2017
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Longridge Agriculture

Sat 18 Mar 2017
6:40

Hamish and Annabel Craw are the sixth generation of the Craw family to farm the outer bays of Banks Peninsula. They have three young children. Lincoln University-educated and highly motivated, Hamish and Annabel hosted a Beef + Lamb New Zealand Innovation Farm project on pasture management to encourage legumes on dry hill country. They had previously been a B+LNZ sheep profit partnership farm, with the aim to increase profitability by 5% annually compounded over three years.
Mar 2017
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A Pig-Waste Bio-digester

Sat 18 Mar 2017
6:41

An innovative and award-winning solution to an effluent problem on a Taranaki pig farm has resulted in a system that generates around half the farm’s electricity needs and could have potential for application on dairy farms as well.
Mar 2017
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Purangi Kiwi Project

Sat 18 Mar 2017
7:02

From its beginning as an idea promoted by dairy farmer Karen Schumacher, the Purangi Kiwi Project is now in full swing, with bat research by local school children, new tracks being built for visitors to the area, and a new office base set up in Inglewood.
Mar 2017
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Barton Honey

Wed 01 Mar 2017
6:41

Barton Holdings is a Taranaki honey business collecting and processing manuka honey at its extraction facility for exporting, primarily to China. The production chain incorporates an innovative RFID system to allow traceability from the hive to the jar.
Mar 2017
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Charteris Deer

Wed 01 Mar 2017
7:00

Grant and Sally Charteris breed deer and grow crops on their Class 6 hill country Forest Road Farm at Tikokino. Their focus is on investing in genetics, to breed deer for velvet and trophy. They are also one of the advance parties in the Deer Industry Productivity Improvement Programme. In 2016 they won the title of Silver Fern Farms Hawke’s Bay Farmer of the Year.
Mar 2017
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Argentine Ants

Sat 03 Dec 2016
7:05

Victoria University research into the Argentine Ant pest which is threatening bee survival
Dec 2016
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Thomas Chatfield Dairy Farm Manager of 2016

Sat 03 Dec 2016
6:41

Thomas Chatfield is a physiotherapist who became an award winning dairy farm manager
Dec 2016
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Paua and Biopolymers at Scion

Sat 03 Dec 2016
6:32

Incorporating paua in biopolymers at Scion
Dec 2016
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Otago Peninsula Biodiversity Group

Sat 26 Nov 2016
13:37

A group formed on the Otago Peninsula to create a predator-free region
Nov 2016
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Roselle Farm on Otago Peninsula

Sat 26 Nov 2016
13:38

Brendan Cross farms on the Otago Peninsula and is mindful of those who live and visit there
Nov 2016
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Disease and Parasite Resistance in Deer

Sat 26 Nov 2016
6:43

AgResearch and Otago University researchers continue their work in deer genetics
Nov 2016
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Feijoa Research at Victoria University

Sat 19 Nov 2016
6:14

Searching for a novel anti-fungal agent produced by feijoas at Victoria University
Nov 2016
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Neil Heather Farmer Advocate

Sat 19 Nov 2016
6:39

Neil Heather was named Federated Farmers Advocate of 2015 for his advocacy efforts
Nov 2016
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Understanding the Guava Moth Pest

Sat 12 Nov 2016
6:28

A pest threatening the feijoa industry in being studied in Northland
Nov 2016
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Huntly Road Dairies - Dairy Business of 2015

Sat 12 Nov 2016
6:42

Innovation and team work win Dairy Business of the Year for Duncan and Anne-Marie Wells
Nov 2016
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Donaghys Rural Merchant

Sat 12 Nov 2016
7:02

Evolution and innovation ensures the survival of Donaghys rural supply business
Nov 2016
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Robotics Plus

Sat 05 Nov 2016
7:45

Technologies being developed for the horticulture sector
Nov 2016
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ForestPlus Oils

Sat 05 Nov 2016
6:11

A mobile distillery extracts pine oil from wilding pines and forestry prunings
Nov 2016
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Agrodome Tourist Attraction

Sat 05 Nov 2016
6:34

A long-running agricultural tourist attraction
Nov 2016
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Profit Partnership at Mt Watkins Station

Sat 29 Oct 2016
7:09

Taking care of productivity and the environment at Mt Watkins Station
Oct 2016
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ArborGen Nursery

Sat 29 Oct 2016
7:15

Producing superior pine tree varietals at the ArborGen nursery
Oct 2016
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UBCO Utility Bike

Sat 22 Oct 2016
7:46

The development of an electric utility farm bike
Oct 2016
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Te Whanga Station

Sat 22 Oct 2016
6:46

Te Whanga Station runs its Angus stud, a commercial herd and trains Taratahi farm cadets
Oct 2016
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Mandarin Harvest in Northland

Sat 22 Oct 2016
6:06

Brad Davies is chair of the mandarin group at NZ Citrus Growers
Oct 2016
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Owl Farm at St Peter's School Cambridge

Sat 15 Oct 2016
7:02

A demonstration dairy farm on school grounds is an opportunity for students and the public
Oct 2016
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Dominion Salt

Sat 15 Oct 2016
6:43

Delivering salt and trace elements to livestock
Oct 2016
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Project North Canterbury

Mon 10 Oct 2016
6:22

A group of businesses who have combined forces to help farmers regrass after drought
Oct 2016
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Sustainable Farming in the Bay of Plenty

Sat 08 Oct 2016
6:44

The Birchalls operate a 280ha dairy unit on difficult country in an environmentally sensitive location close to Lake Okaro near Rotorua.
Oct 2016
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Nutrients and Peat Soils Research

Sat 08 Oct 2016
6:32

A Sustainable Farming Fund project with AgResearch, Landcare and Waikato stakeholders
Oct 2016
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Harbourside Macadamias

Sat 08 Oct 2016
7:07

A Katikati orchard is now growing and processing macadamia nuts
Oct 2016
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Nutrient Loss Research Around Lake Rotorua

Sat 01 Oct 2016
6:50

Chris Paterson is a dairy farmer invovled in research to accurately measure nutrient losses
Oct 2016