Rural
Farmers cautiously optimistic on record opening milk price forecast
Farmers say they don't want to get ahead of themselves, despite Fonterra's record-high opening milk price forecast.
Controversial composting and worm farming operation
A controversial composting and worm farming operation in Taranaki has been declined resource consents to discharge contaminants into the air, into water and onto land. Remediation NZ -- which has… Audio
Midday Rural News for 26 May 2021
Fonterra has released a record opening milk price forecast. The co-op's forecast for next season's farmgate milk price has a mid-point of eight dollars per kilogram of milk solids. Farmers were paid… Audio
Fonterra releases record high farmgate milk price opening forecast
The dairy co-operative credits increasing global demand for dairy products for its record opening forecast for next season's farmgate milk price.
Moving Day: MPI reminds farmers to register animals
With only a week until moving day, the Ministry for Primary Industries is reminding farmers to register their animals for tracing purposes.
Midday Rural News for 25 May 2021
Dry conditions are seeing fewer farms on the east coast hit the market, but not enough to slow sales nationwide. Audio
Midday Rural News for 24 May 2021
Synlait announced this morning it expects to make a loss of between 20 and 30 million dollars - compared with last year's 75 million dollar profit. Audio
'It just makes sense' - one farm's sustainability story
Linda and Evan Potter are award winning "sustainable farming ambassadors". They farm sheep, beef and deer at Elsthorpe in southern Hawkes Bay. Nearly a quarter of their farm is preserved in the QE2… Audio
'It just makes sense' - one farm's sustainability story
Linda and Evan Potter are award winning "sustainable farming ambassadors". They farm sheep, beef and deer at Elsthorpe in southern Hawkes Bay. Nearly a quarter of their farm is preserved in the QE2…
AudioSummer Series - Penguins find cosy retreat on Flea Bay farm
Farming at Pōhatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula is a labour of love for Francis and Shireen Helps. Determined to protect ecologically significant land, they have established several QEII covenants on… Audio
Summer Series - Penguins find cosy retreat on Flea Bay farm
Farming at Pōhatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula is a labour of love for Francis and Shireen Helps. Determined to protect ecologically significant land, they have established several QEII covenants on…
AudioDairy Stars
Our guest this week has had a busy time travelling the country as part of the annual Dairy Industry Awards where top Share Farmers, Dairy managers and Trainees are acknowledged. Audio
Dairy Stars
Our guest this week has had a busy time travelling the country as part of the annual Dairy Industry Awards where top Share Farmers, Dairy managers and Trainees are acknowledged.
AudioOn the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
The green kiwifruit harvest is underway in the north where winter is making its presence felt and in the south feed is being trucked from the West Coast to bone dry farms in the east. Audio
Full Episode for Friday May 21 2021
Country Life heads to Pohatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula where a sheep farm is also home to a colony of White-flippered penguins. The team is also out baiting traps at a Hawke's Bay farm whose owners… Audio
Full Episode for Friday May 21 2021
Country Life heads to Pohatu Flea Bay on Banks Peninsula where a sheep farm is also home to a colony of White-flippered penguins. The team is also out baiting traps at a Hawke's Bay farm whose owners…
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