Rural

Much to the surprise of the market, dairy prices experienced their first significant fall in months at the latest Global Dairy Trade Auction overnight. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

A Canadian woman, now living in the Waikato has broken the world 'women's solo eight-hour' record by shearing 510 lambs in a day. Audio

The fruit and vegetable company T&G Global has agreed to purchase the domestic part of the produce, marketing and distribution company Freshmax NZ. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Six large exporting organisations are urging members of the World Trade Organisation Members to take steps to fix its trade disputes mechanism. Audio

A look back at this year's wildfires in Nelson and Tasman District - New Zealand's largest aerial firefight on record and the largest since 1955. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

John Wilton starts each day with an apple. And he knows which ones to choose. John's been a horticultural consultant for 57 years and was MAF's national pipfruit and summer fruit specialist for 15… Audio

In the mid-1980s Philip McLennan planted the first and only blueberry farm on the West Coast at Ikamatua. He was always trying something new so planted tayberries as well. The tayberry originated in… Audio, Gallery

Who wants to work in agriculture? Country Life's meeting people born in the 1990s who do…. Audio

There was flooding to all the main alpine fed rivers in Canterbury last weekend while in many parts of the North Island paddocks and orchards are drying out. Some welcome rain elsewhere in the North… Audio

It's wild salmon fishing season, and our guest this week, Chief Executive of North Canterbury Fish & Game, Rasmus Gabrielsson, talks about efforts to keep the fishery sustainable. Audio

An Apple a Day, Growing Fruit Keeps a Family Strong, Fishing for the Future, The 90s File and the Regional Wrap. Audio