Midday Report for Wednesday 5 September 2012

12:35 PM.News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

12:26 PM.The rain's having a big say at the US tennis Open but the New York skies parted long enough for world number one Victoria Azarenka to eliminate the defending champion Samantha Stosur of Australia in a… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.International dairy prices rise for the third time in a row. Raids are carried out across 10 cities in India as part of an investigation into coal mining corruption and the stockmarket edges down. Audio

12:00 PM.A hundred jobs are cut at the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter in Southland and the captain of the Rena is likely to be released from prison today. Audio