Rural
Spectacular Speckles are turning heads
There's a lot of chatter about Speckle Park cattle. The Canadian breed is the fastest growing cattle breed on the planet. New Zealand farmers are jumping on board. Beef farmers like Speckle Parks… Audio, Gallery
Spectacular Speckles are turning heads
There's a lot of chatter about Speckle Park cattle. The Canadian breed is the fastest growing cattle breed on the planet. New Zealand farmers are jumping on board. Beef farmers like Speckle Parks…
AudioRe-homing retired racehorses
Jackie Law takes in unwanted pacers and trotters once they have finished their harness racing careers. So far she's rehomed more than 600. Most come from horse trainers who like to see them get a… Audio
Re-homing retired racehorses
Jackie Law takes in unwanted pacers and trotters once they have finished their harness racing careers. So far she's rehomed more than 600. Most come from horse trainers who like to see them get a…
AudioMore original Kiwi cheese, please
New Zealand-based international cheese judge Juliet Harbutt would like to see cheese makers here make their own distinct cheeses rather than copy well-known recipes. Audio
More original Kiwi cheese, please
New Zealand-based international cheese judge Juliet Harbutt would like to see cheese makers here make their own distinct cheeses rather than copy well-known recipes.
AudioRegional Wrap
In Waikato asparagus production is down significantly because of cooler wetter conditions this spring. Apple orchards in the Nelson/Motueka region are coming to the end of flowering. There has been… Audio
Full Episode for Friday October 25 2019
Spectacular Speckles, Rehoming Reject Horses, More Cheese Please and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Full Episode for Friday October 25 2019
Spectacular Speckles, Rehoming Reject Horses, More Cheese Please and the Regional Wrap.
AudioMidday Rural News for 25 October 2019
The listed dairy company Synlait is making further inroads into the cheese market, buying Canterbury's Dairyworks for 112-million dollars. The Climate Change Minister says the Government's plan for… Audio
Midday Rural News for 24 October 2019
Farmers have been told they won't have to start paying for their green house gas emissions for another five years, providing the sector makes progress in developing a plan to measure and price them at… Audio
Midday Rural News for 23 October 2019
Farmers in parts of the South Island lashed by bad weather overnight are hoping young livestock have survived. Audio
Farmers 'feeling they are being dictated to by non-rural people'
The government's intended freshwater reforms are seen by some in the rural sector as casting blame on farmers for the state of rivers, says Federated Farmers' Otago president.
Midday Rural News for 22 October 2019
Fonterra says strong demand and good prices have helped it lift its forecast farmgate milk price for the current dairy season by 30 cents. Audio
Are water reforms re-opening the town and country divide?
Many in Otago's rural sector thought rhetoric used by the Labour Party during 2017's election campaign was an attack on farming. And now the Government's intended freshwater reforms are seen by some… Audio
