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Sharing agricultural knowledge

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The New Zealand-based company PGG Wrightson has invested strongly in the expansion of dairy farming in Uruguay. It uses New Zealand farmers to manage the farms and introduce techniques to boost production. As this clip from a 2008 episode of television programme Country calendarshows, the sharing of knowledge flows both ways.

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Warwick E. Murray, Latin America and New Zealand – Trade and investment, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/36040/sharing-agricultural-knowledge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Warwick E. Murray, published 18 May 2012.