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November 27, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Ruth Kuo Feral cats are responsible for spreading toxoplasmosis, which can cause “abortion storms” on sheep farms. Methods of control, such as annual culls, have come under fire from animal welfare advocates. Content warning: This story describes the killing of animals. It was over beers in a woolshed that the decision ... <a title="How feral cats spread toxoplasmosis risk across hundreds of Kiwi farms" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/27/how-feral-cats-spread-toxoplasmosis-risk-across-hundreds-of-kiwi-farms/" aria-label="Read more about How feral cats spread toxoplasmosis risk across hundreds of Kiwi farms">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Crowds will pack in to watch the Sam Strahan Memorial sheep dog trials at the New Zealand Rural Games. www.ruralgames.co.nz Harking back to the days of A Dog’s Show, sheep dog trials are returning to the screen in a new broadcasting deal for next year’s New Zealand Rural Games. After starting ... <a title="Sheep dog trials return to screen in new broadcasting deal" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/sheep-dog-trials-return-to-screen-in-new-broadcasting-deal/" aria-label="Read more about Sheep dog trials return to screen in new broadcasting deal">Read more</a>
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November 26, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand milk production hit historic levels in October. 123rf New Zealand milk production hit historic levels in October, with national collections rising 2.8 percent year-on-year. It marked the biggest October since 2018 and the third-largest month for milk production in New Zealand’s history. It came as high global supply of ... <a title="Milk production hits historic levels as Fonterra narrows payout forecast" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/26/milk-production-hits-historic-levels-as-fonterra-narrows-payout-forecast/" aria-label="Read more about Milk production hits historic levels as Fonterra narrows payout forecast">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Not even fast food giant McDonald’s New Zealand is immune to the rising cost of food, especially for key burger ingredient beef. However, it recouped its spend on ingredients sourced in New Zealand last year with stronger earnings from its exports of them. Around 90 percent of the fast food ... <a title="High beef prices hurt and help McDonald’s NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/high-beef-prices-hurt-and-help-mcdonalds-nz/" aria-label="Read more about High beef prices hurt and help McDonald’s NZ">Read more</a>
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November 25, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand The updated range for the 2025/26 season reflected downward pressure on global prices. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Dairy cooperative Fonterra has narrowed the mid-point price range of the Farmgate Milk Price to $9.50 a kilo of milk solids (kgMS) from $10. The updated range for the 2025/26 season reflected downward pressure ... <a title="Fonterra narrows Farmgate Milk Price point to between $9 and $10" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/25/fonterra-narrows-farmgate-milk-price-point-to-between-9-and-10/" aria-label="Read more about Fonterra narrows Farmgate Milk Price point to between $9 and $10">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Adrian Roche with a barro load of ‘black gold’ Kelmarna’s organic compost. RNZ Ross McNaughton Along the short path to Kelmarna community farm visitors are transported from suburbia to a rural oasis. The 4 and a half acre block of land is nestled between the affluent Auckland suburbs of Ponsonby and ... <a title="Kelmarna Community Farm celebrates 40 years with new book" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/kelmarna-community-farm-celebrates-40-years-with-new-book/" aria-label="Read more about Kelmarna Community Farm celebrates 40 years with new book">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] A Waikato pig farm has been fined $437,000 for persistent discharges of raw piggery effluent into the environment, including sewage tanks overflowing into waterways. Rawhiti Environmental Park was convicted on eight charges in the Hamilton District Court on Thursday under the Resource Management Act. The 810-hectare piggery near Te ... <a title="Waikato pig farm faces record $437k fine for discharging effluent to land, water" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/waikato-pig-farm-faces-record-437k-fine-for-discharging-effluent-to-land-water/" aria-label="Read more about Waikato pig farm faces record $437k fine for discharging effluent to land, water">Read more</a>
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November 24, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Hoggard. RNZ / Angus Dreaver A decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls is the straw that broke the camel’s back for animals rights activsts. In the past few months, associate agriculture minister Andrew Hoggard, responsible for animal welfare, has drawn intense criticism from animal ... <a title="Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he’s following Cabinet rules after complaint" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/24/minister-andrew-hoggard-assures-pm-hes-following-cabinet-rules-after-complaint/" aria-label="Read more about Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he’s following Cabinet rules after complaint">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairarapa sheep, beef and deer farmer Paul Crick at his Gladstone farm, Glenside. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life As is often the case, especially in farming, “fresh is best” when hunting for sheep poo it seems. Country Life joined Wairarapa sheep, beef, and deer farmer Paul Crick while he was out ... <a title="Country Life: Beef and Lamb’s sheep poo study" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/22/country-life-beef-and-lambs-sheep-poo-study/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Beef and Lamb’s sheep poo study">Read more</a>
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November 22, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchel Hoare of King Country Ag Drones RNZ/Sally Round Mitchel Hoare is pretty busy these days, with not only a 500-hectare farm to run and shares in a native plant nursery, but a new agricultural drone venture. He and fellow farmer Andrew Blackmore set up King Country Ag Drones about six ... <a title="Country Life: Farmer flying high with agri drone venture" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/22/country-life-farmer-flying-high-with-agri-drone-venture/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Farmer flying high with agri drone venture">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ has revised down its forecast to $9.65 per kilogram of milk solids for the 2025/26 season. 123RF The big banks are responding to an ongoing drop in global dairy prices, with the ANZ the latest to trim its farmgate milk price. ANZ has revised down its forecast to $9.65 per ... <a title="Weakening trend sees ANZ Bank cuts its farmgate milk price by 3.5 percent" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/weakening-trend-sees-anz-bank-cuts-its-farmgate-milk-price-by-3-5-percent/" aria-label="Read more about Weakening trend sees ANZ Bank cuts its farmgate milk price by 3.5 percent">Read more</a>
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November 21, 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Warning: Readers may find these images distressing Animal welfare activists, public submitters and the associate agriculture minister are still at odds around the use of farrowing crates and mating stalls at pig farms, amid the release of covert footage inside one. The Ministry for Primary Industries was investigating what it called ... <a title="New farrowing crates rules at piggeries progress, amid undercover footage release" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/11/21/new-farrowing-crates-rules-at-piggeries-progress-amid-undercover-footage-release/" aria-label="Read more about New farrowing crates rules at piggeries progress, amid undercover footage release">Read more</a>
