A sustainable farming project launched in Northland is expected to meet a demand for collagen in the US. The new plant will change cow parts into collagen to provide to the US pharmaceutical industry.
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NewsFarmers urged to keep children safe this summer
Farmers are being encouraged to keep children safe on farms over the school holidays with a heightened risk of accidents on farms.
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Animal welfare, high priority for Māori farm
A complaint on animal welfare sent in to the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) in September has inspired a Māori Trust farm near Rotorua to re-think how they approach animal welfare on their farm.
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News2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy launched
The 2016 Ahuwhenua Trophy BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Award for dairy was launched by Minister for Māori Development, Te Ururoa Flavell in Wellington in the weekend.
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Native Affairs- Pay Out Blues
The volume is being turned down on NZ's "rockstar" economy; in particular the dairy industry is being exposed to the cold hard light of plummeting international prices. So how are Māori farmers coping?
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Fonterra pay out for solid milk could be an opportunity for Māori
Fonterra has dropped its forecast pay-out for the season to $3.85 per kilogram of solid milk. This is expected to hurt farmers all across the country but does this present an opportunity for Māori?
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Native Affairs- Gifted Away- Part 1
Last month we brought you the story of how the Māori Education Trust sold off a prime farm block in the Wairarapa that had been gifted for the purpose of educating Māori from that rohe.
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Maranga Station take on the big boys of farming
Maranga Station, a family-owned farming operation just out of Gisborne, has proven they've got what it takes to go up against the big boys of farming after being named a finalist in the Ahuwhenua Trophy Awards.
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Native Affairs- Ron Mark
In Part One we brought you the story of Mapuna Atea, which is being sold by the Māori Education Trust against the wishes of Ngāti Kahungunu-Wairarapa, who were hoping to secure the block as part of its Treaty Settlement.
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Native Affairs- The Gift
In 1962 a Pākeha farmer from the Wairarapa bequeathed half his farm to be used for the benefit for Wairarapa Māori.
