{
  "id": 15997971,
  "title": "'Boomer start' to asparagus season, but fuel and freight bills bite growers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/boomer-start-to-asparagus-season-but-fuel-and-freight-bills-bite",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-22T04:31:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/2086044/boomer-start-to-asparagus-season-but-fuel-and-freight-bills-bite-growers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Waikato asparagus grower says it \"nigh on impossible\" to pass extra freight costs growers are facing on to cash-strapped consumers.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}