Sally Murphy

This week Country Life heads to a chicken trailer in the middle of a paddock which is producing eggs and helping the soil and goes on the trail of the elusive whio at Blue Duck Station. Audio

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

National's Todd McClay is meeting with industry leaders and officials this week to fine tune policies and to plan how they'll be rolled out.

Monique Steele has the rural news. 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

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

Zespri has released a record forecast. Prices paid to growers for the upcoming season are forecast to be really strong thanks to better fruit quality and descent demand from international markets.

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News from the rural farming sector. Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy Audio

It's all go at the Canterbury showgrounds Wednesday morning, as the gates open for the annual agricultural show.

More than a 100,000 people came to last year's three-day event, and organisers are… Audio