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Changeable weather has prevailed in Pukekohe. Farmers in Otago are busy marking lambs and bulls are going out to the cows Audio

From May next year China will stop accepting frozen velvet imports bound for its traditional medicinal market - deciding to use dried velvet only.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

Far North Solar Farm wants to install enough solar panels to power a hundred thousand homes on 670 hectares of land that's currently used for dairy farming.

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

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The Livestock Improvement Corporation's is paying farmers over $2 million over semen quality issues.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

Vegetables New Zealand is optimistic the new government has food security front of mind and will back the expansion of vegetable growing areas in New Zealand.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio

Northern Hawke's Bay and Tai Rawhiti are back in cleanup mode after heavy rain fell steadily over the weekend. The region's infrastructure bruised and battered from previous storms, and each downpour… Audio

Access roads have been washed out, there are massive slips on some back country, and fences have been destroyed again - after over 225 millimetres of rain fell in Tai Rāwhiti over the weekend.

Susan… Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Monique Steele. Audio

After weeks of waiting - the primary sector finally knows who it will be working with for the next three years.

Todd McClay who has been National's agriculture spokesperson since March will take on… Audio

Data from Te Whatu Ora shows since medicinal cannabis was legalised in 2020, prescriptions have grown from about a 1,000 a month to over 8,000 a month.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio