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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZPork has previously warned that local producers were struggling against a flood of lower-welfare imports. 123RF Farmers are renewing calls for the Government to enforce the same animal welfare standards that local pig farmers face on imported pork. A group of farmers, pork producers and advocates wrote to the Prime Minister ... <a title="Farmers calling for same animal welfare standards on local and imported pork" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/farmers-calling-for-same-animal-welfare-standards-on-local-and-imported-pork/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers calling for same animal welfare standards on local and imported pork">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Fiordland Wapiti Foundation has a track record of two decades of deer management with volunteers within a zone known as the Wapiti Area. Supplied A community conservation effort is hoping to fund a new processing facility for wild deer in the deep south. Deer numbers have been exploding in Fiordland ... <a title="Fiordland hunters make big push for venison meat processing plant" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fiordland-hunters-make-big-push-for-venison-meat-processing-plant/" aria-label="Read more about Fiordland hunters make big push for venison meat processing plant">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand supplied A Fairlie farmer who ended up with a shattered leg after a farm accident has spearheaded a fundraiser to get his local town a new helipad. It was a normal day on farm for Andrew Hurst, he’d just returned from a bull sale when he was driving a two-wheeler round ... <a title="Fairlie farmer’s accident inspired his fundraising efforts for new town helipad" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/fairlie-farmers-accident-inspired-his-fundraising-efforts-for-new-town-helipad/" aria-label="Read more about Fairlie farmer’s accident inspired his fundraising efforts for new town helipad">Read more</a>
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February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour’s spokesperson for agriculture, Jo Luxton. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour politicians are dusting off their gumboots and heading to the farm for their annual meeting with Federated Farmers on Thursday. Federated Farmers started the get-together three years ago to better the relationship with the party. President Wayne Langford said there ... <a title="Federated Farmers optimistic ahead of annual meeting with Labour MPs" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/26/federated-farmers-optimistic-ahead-of-annual-meeting-with-labour-mps/" aria-label="Read more about Federated Farmers optimistic ahead of annual meeting with Labour MPs">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Harvest of Posy apples is under at Mr Apple’s Meeanee orchard near Napier. SUPPLIED/Mr Apple Strong sales of premium apple varieties into Asia and the Middle East has led Scales Corporation to report a massive jump in profit. The company’s net profit for the 2025 financial year was $117.7 million – ... <a title="Scales corporation profits off the scale" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/scales-corporation-profits-off-the-scale/" aria-label="Read more about Scales corporation profits off the scale">Read more</a>
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February 25, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government has proposed new options to improve pig and sheep traceability. RNZ / Cosmo Kentish-Barnes The government has proposed new options to improve pig and sheep traceability so it can better respond to disease outbreaks. While counting sheep may put some to sleep – keeping track of the animals and ... <a title="MPI proposes new options to trace pigs and sheep for better disease response" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/25/mpi-proposes-new-options-to-trace-pigs-and-sheep-for-better-disease-response/" aria-label="Read more about MPI proposes new options to trace pigs and sheep for better disease response">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf While many farmers are riding a wave of strong farm-gate prices, the profits are only trickling into regional economies as they’re being cautious when it comes to spending. Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive Don Good said farmers are using their profits to service debt and pay for upgrades and ... <a title="Farmers being cautious with profits" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/farmers-being-cautious-with-profits/" aria-label="Read more about Farmers being cautious with profits">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed Heretaunga Water Storage Facility, would be a 27 million cubic metre dam on private land near Whanawhana, in Hastings District. Supplied A massive Hawke’s Bay water storage project is one step closer, with geotechnical work having started as part of a feasibility study. Investigations into the proposed Heretaunga Water ... <a title="Hawke’s Bay water storage project a step closer" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/hawkes-bay-water-storage-project-a-step-closer/" aria-label="Read more about Hawke’s Bay water storage project a step closer">Read more</a>
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February 24, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand PGG Wrightson is a rural services company (file photo). Supplied Rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) increased its half-year profit on the back of increased sales to a buoyant agricultural sector and farm exports. Key numbers for the six months ended December compared with a year ago: Net profit $17.3m vs ... <a title="PGG Wrightson increases half-year profit on back of increased sales" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/24/pgg-wrightson-increases-half-year-profit-on-back-of-increased-sales/" aria-label="Read more about PGG Wrightson increases half-year profit on back of increased sales">Read more</a>
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February 23, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Taiwhakaea Osborne is in the second year of the Pāmu scheme. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham Teenage farmers are getting put through their paces in a new scheme helping youngsters enter the industry. Government-owned company Pāmu has 19 apprentices learning the ropes at its farms, which many will go on to work ... <a title="New teen farmers get a shedful of sheep to learn the ropes" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/23/new-teen-farmers-get-a-shedful-of-sheep-to-learn-the-ropes/" aria-label="Read more about New teen farmers get a shedful of sheep to learn the ropes">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Stills from up in the Hokonui Hills have been recreated. Gianina Schwanecke / Country Life From the highlands of Scotland to the hills surrounding Gore in Southland, Mary McRae’s legacy of distilling lives on at the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and Distillery. Arriving on New Zealand shores in the 1870s, along with ... <a title="Country Life: Southland’s history of Scottish whisky" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/country-life-southlands-history-of-scottish-whisky/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Southland’s history of Scottish whisky">Read more</a>
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February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Matt’s kiln is fuelled with organic waste for biochar production RNZ/Sally Round Just as he turns industrial waste back into good stuff for the earth, Matt Welton himself has come full circle. The former prison officer and cartographer spent his first years out of school working in the scrap metal trade ... <a title="Country Life: Turning brewery gunk and forest junk into something good for the soil" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2026/02/20/country-life-turning-brewery-gunk-and-forest-junk-into-something-good-for-the-soil/" aria-label="Read more about Country Life: Turning brewery gunk and forest junk into something good for the soil">Read more</a>
