Rural
Full Episode for Friday February 5 2021
Country Life is out with musterers on horseback at Molesworth Station, New Zealand's largest farm and demand is soaring for milk from a small Raglan farm.
AudioMidday Rural News for 5 February 2021
Winegrowers are gearing up for the harvest, it's already underway in Northland and will kick into full gear in other regions next month.
Maja Burry has the rural news. Audio
Oat industry keen for NZ's first plant-based milk factory
Key players in the oat industry want to capitalise on increasing demand, with the country's first plant-based milk factory on the horizon.
Midday Rural News for 4 February 2021
There are worries a serious Facial Eczema disease could be particularly bad for North Island farmers this year.
Rurals reporter Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Midday Rural News for 3 February 2021
Another lift in prices at the global dairy trade auction overnight encouraged Fonterra to raise its forecast farmgate milk price payout.
Rurals reporter Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te… Audio
Midday Rural News for 2 February 2021
A group representing New Zealand dairy exporters is ramping up its calls for better market access into the United Kingdom.
Rural reporter Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Midday Rural News for 1 February 2021
The Climate Change Commission says a reduction in livestock numbers may be needed.
Rural reporter Maja Burry has mo nga korero e pa ana ki te taiwhenua. Audio
Shedding sheep hot under hammer
Bidding was competitive at the Mt Cass Station Wiltshire Sheep Sale in North Canterbury. Nearly 3500 sheep reached higher than expected prices at Andrew and Sara Heard's farm and were sold to bidders… Audio, Gallery
Shedding sheep hot under hammer
Bidding was competitive at the Mt Cass Station Wiltshire Sheep Sale in North Canterbury. Nearly 3500 sheep reached higher than expected prices at Andrew and Sara Heard's farm and were sold to bidders…
AudioSummer Series - Wood Work
Greg Taylor is the son of a bushman and first started working in forests in the 1960s. For more than 40 years he's lived near Colville in the northern Coromandel where he grows trees, fells and mills… Audio
Summer Series - Wood Work
Greg Taylor is the son of a bushman and first started working in forests in the 1960s. For more than 40 years he's lived near Colville in the northern Coromandel where he grows trees, fells and mills…
AudioPandemic has silver lining for Marlborough wine
People hunkering down in pandemic-hit US and UK - major markets for Marlborough wine - has meant a lift in sales of wine from New Zealand's largest wine growing region. Audio
Pandemic has silver lining for Marlborough wine
People hunkering down in pandemic-hit US and UK - major markets for Marlborough wine - has meant a lift in sales of wine from New Zealand's largest wine growing region.
AudioOn the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Temperatures plummeted in Canterbury this week from near 40 degrees to 2 on Friday morning. Hawke's Bay grape growers have had heat and rain when they've needed it this summer. Audio
Checking Cherries
Fionnuala Reynolds has spent the summer checking the quality of cherries coming off trees in Alexandra. Audio
