Rural News

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Fonterra has cut its forecast milk price payout. The co-operative is now forecasting a payout range of between six-dollars and six-dollars-30 a kilo of milk solids. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The industry group, Dairy NZ, is disappointed dairy farmers have to pay almost private sector costs of fighting Mycoplasma bovis. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Ministry for Primary Industries has laid charges against a Northland sharemilker who was secretly filmed hitting his cows. Audio

News from the rural and farming sectors. Audio

The Act Party wants more details on a government loan to the company, Westland Milk Products. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The Minister for Regional Economic Development, Shane Jones, says his advice is that the Provincial Growth Fund does not provide trade subsidies. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The production of lambs on New Zealand farms has set a new record. Audio