Sally Murphy

Pāmu chief executive, Mark Leslie, says the business now faces a poor outlook for commodity prices, as well as costs associated with the Cyclone Gabrielle recovery. 

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

Māori-owned Moana Fisheries says people need all the facts about commercial fishing in the Hauraki Gulf before responding to government plans to restrict fishing there.

Sally Murphy has the rural… Audio

The US market could offer a glimmer of hope for struggling sheep meat prices - with more New Zealand product being exported there.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

The single-desk kiwifruit exporter Zespri admits it was not nimble enough to deal with poor quality fruit late last year which threatened the reputation of the $4 billion industry.

Susan Murray has… Audio

A further price shock is rattling the rural sector as dairy giant Fonterra slashes its milk price forecast for the second time in a fortnight. 

Monique Steele has the rural news.

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Conservation group Forest and Bird is calling on the fishing industry to put an end date on the controversial practice of bottom trawling. 

Monique Steele has the rural news.

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RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's rural news. Audio

R-CALF USA, the largest body representing producers of cattle and sheep in America, says the sheep industry there has been decimated over the last three decades with an explosion of lamb and mutton… Audio

Punnets of kiwifruit have been recalled in the US - over listeria concerns.

Zespri says the fruit has been traced back to two orchards - so all the fruit from them is now on hold - which is about… Audio

News from the rural farming sector. Audio

Some confronting footage of effluent from a pig farm overflowing into a stream has been released by Waikato Regional Council.

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

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An advisor says many farmers will be working 50 hour weeks for the rest of the year without taking home a paycheck due to falling commodity prices.

Schedules for sheep and beef continue a downward… Audio