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NZ Farming at a Crossroads | Auckland News
New Zealand farming is at a crossroads—boosted by U.S. tariff-free beef deals and talks with India, yet wrestling with rising pest pressures that outpace control efforts, hinting at an unfolding crisis. Globally, climbing bond yields and China’s mixed economic signals could push home interest rates toward neutrality, while election-year fiscal choices and farm inflation may ripple through food prices and regional property. Innovation is being steered toward rural tech equity, with a new paper proposing a national “Living Knowledge Bank” to safeguard farmer wisdom. And amid the challenges, the…
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