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Fears for viability of farm businesses after Fonterra's $5b blow to economy

Farmers are expected to defer debt repayments, cut back on operating expenses such as fertiliser, and curtail plans for capital expenditure – impacting on the wider rural sector. Andrew Patterson reports.

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Fonterra offers dairy farmers help to meet a new emissions intensity target

But the dairy co-op's biggest customer Nestlé says greater efficiency is only a start – Fonterra's farmers must also cut absolute emissions. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Heading west and online: China's consumer explosion

China's growth may be slowing, but its economy is still forecast to expand by $US1.1 trillion a year. NZ companies want in. Nikki Mandow reports.

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Dramatic youth-led US climate trial spurs Kiwi campaigners

An historic environmental court case brought by 16 young plaintiffs has just ended in Montana. It will have global ramifications, NZ climate change campaigners say

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What next for NZ's big emitters?

NZ Steel's done a deal with the Government that'll cut its carbon emissions. Will the country's other big emitters follow their lead?

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Dairy farmers to lose thousands as milk processors slash price offerings by up to 10 per cent

As opening prices from the country's major milk processors were slowly released over the past two weeks, news they have slashed offers to farmers have sent sour waves of anger rippling through the industry.

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Dairy farmers' Fonterra class action payout slashed after $12 million for legal fees, funders

Dairy farmers who were part of a class action over slashed milk payments in 2016 estimate they will get about 10 per cent of what they lost.

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Bulla Dairy Foods announces opening farmgate milk price as farmers continue to exit industry

The first farmgate milk price for the new dairy season is released, nine days before the deadline for processors to publish minimum prices.

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NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets

New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates 28% of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions.

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The planet burns on a bonfire of farming regulations

Many are rising to the challenges of making all our economic activities climate compatible in ways that also restore our natural environment. But the main bodies in the dairy and meat industries are draggers, rather than drivers, of that vital work, argues Rod Oram.

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Petition opposes extra subsidies for carbon polluters

Official correspondence shows the Government decided to lower eligibility for carbon subsidies to keep specific businesses open, without considering the ramifications.

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Great tasting new foods that can save the environment

Watch video: In the sixth of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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Finally, water’s health is being put first

Two water-first decisions, 1000km apart, suggest the country is turning a conservation corner. David Williams reports.

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Tractor sales: a warning sign for rural recession

Economists consider sales of tractors and other machinery an economic bellwether, so a big fall is a worrying indicator.

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Shoppers warned to expect price jump for Aussie cheese, butter, and other dairy products

Dairy lovers could be paying more for their favourite cheese, yoghurt, butter and cream in the coming months and eating fewer local products, industry experts warn.

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New Zealand dairy manufacturer Fonterra bans bobby calf slaughter, but Australian arm rejects move

Male dairy calves are considered to be a "waste product" in milk production and are frequently euthanased on-farm. Now, dairy manufacturer Fonterra says improved animal welfare for calves is what consumers expect.

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What NZ doesn't need – middle-aged, risk-averse Pākehā men with narrow backgrounds

Chris Hipkins refers to 'bread and butter issues', and Christopher Luxon fails to get beyond platitudinous National positions – Rod Oram asks, why are our politics so dismal?

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Hoping for a year that’s a little more boring

Fonterra's chief operating officer Fraser Whineray wishes for a less interesting year that prioritises supply chains, cutting carbon and complex thought.

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MP's emails show pattern of personal attacks on ministry

National MP Barbara Kuriger accused Fonterra of "corruption" and pushed for a public official to be fired over the prosecution of her son for ill treatment of animals.

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Milking it: Retailers increase their margins on soaring food prices

From fertiliser to grow the grass on our dairy farms, through to supermarkets' profit margins, we investigate the different costs contributing to the $1 rise in a simple two-litre bottle of milk.

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Dairy land being lost at 1 percent a year, Fonterra

Declining annual milk production will likely continue in the foreseeable future, as dairy farmers sell their properties or switch to alternative land use. But forests aren’t to blame.

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NZ absent on COP27 agriculture day

Rod Oram reports from the world climate summit that a session dedicated to agriculture had a notable absentee, New Zealand's Fonterra and farming industry

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Fonterra settles farmers' class action over 2016 'clawback' milk price crisis

Dairy giant Fonterra has announced it will settle its long-running legal case with farmers after cutting their prices in 2016.

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Kuriger's increasingly uncertain political future raises questions for Luxon

National MP Barbara Kuriger’s blindness to her obvious conflict of interest as agriculture spokesperson has almost certainly cost her any seat at a future Cabinet table

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On New Zealand farm, scientists reduce cow burps to save the world

More than a dozen calves wait at a research farm in New Zealand to be fed Kowbucha, a punnily named probiotic that studies show reduces burps -- or methane emissions.

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