Rural
Country Life for 11 September 2020
Full Episode for Friday September 11 2020; soil doctor Nicole Masters, Dr Jessica Hutchings has been a leader of the Maori organics movement and is putting her ideas into practice on her small family…
AudioLivestock shipments: MPI launches independent review
The Ministry for Primary Industries has launched an independent review into processes around transporting livestock by sea.
Midday Rural News for 11 September 2020
The Ministry for Primary Industries has launched an independent review into livestock shipments.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
Growers say border exceptions won't ease labour shortage
Fruit and vege growers say visa extensions for temporary workers do little to help the looming shortage of seasonal workers, but DairyNZ says it will give farmers certainty to plan for the future.
Midday Rural News for 10 September 2020
Dairy NZ thinks about 40 highly skilled herd managers will be allowed back into the country because of border exemptions announced yesterday.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
US pandemic crisis stalls delivery of quad bikes for NZ farmers
Covid-19 has hit the farming community in an unexpected way: it is drying up the supply of farm vehicles such as quad bikes.
Midday Rural News for 9 September 2020
The supply of ATV's, such as quad bikes for farmers, is drying up. Covid 19 is getting the blame.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
Farmers seek clarity on future of live exports
The government is being urged to make a quick decision on what it will do about live export ships, as thousands of cows on quarantine farms face slaughter.
Midday Rural News for 8 September 2020
A veteran farmer turned Rural Support Trust worker says says farmers left out of pocket because of a Bovine TB infection they didn't cause deserve more compensation.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news.
…Damien O'Connor on live cattle exports, Gulf Livestock 1
Farmers are worried the suspension of live cattle exports could have major ramifications for their industry.
Cattle exports were suspended last week following the capsizing and sinking of the Gulf… Audio
Livestock agent warns of effects from live exports suspension
A livestock agent is warning of enormous ramifications for farmers, as live cattle exports remain suspended in the wake of last week's shipping tragedy off Japan.
The Ministry for Primary Industries… Audio
Midday Rural News for 7 September 2020
Two live cattle export shipments scheduled to leave New Zealand this month won't be going ahead.
Eric Frykberg has the rural news. Audio
Worms in the burbs
A micro-farming movement in the Hutt Valley is helping to feed hundreds of local people. Urban Kai set up by The Common Unity Project involves keen gardeners, state house tenants and inmates at… Video, Audio
Worms in the burbs
A micro-farming movement in the Hutt Valley is helping to feed hundreds of local people. Urban Kai set up by The Common Unity Project involves keen gardeners, state house tenants and inmates at…
Video, AudioHoney for Healthy Skin
HoneyLab is a New Zealand company that develops health products from natural sources. It's just signed a multi-million dollar deal with a North American pharmaceutical company which will market and… Audio
