Midday Report for Wednesday 23 March 2016

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

12:26 PM.Opener Martin Guptill says the Black Caps ability to read the varying Indian pitches has been vital to them becoming the first team to qualify for the World T20 semi-finals. Audio

12:23 PM.For the latest from the markets we're joined by Melika King at Craigs Investment Partners. Audio

12:21 PM.An Auckland solar power company is predicting a big shake up in the way energy is generated and distributed to homes and businesses. Audio

12:19 PM.An agricultural economist says the Fonterra result was respectable and fairly well flagged, and what was to be expected in the current environment. Audio

12:17 PM.The dairy co-operative, Fonterra, says it's focusing on things it can control to make it more profitable and support its struggling debt-laden suppliers. Audio

12:00 PM.Eight and a half years' prison for the businessman who threatened to spike infant milk formula with 1080 poison and Brussels remains in lockdown after terrorist attacks. Audio