Rural

The South Canterbury mother-of-two is developing an educational virtual reality programme with her husband Dave, a support hub for rural start-ups in Timaru and on the side is a marketing specialist… Audio

Mike Peterson says rules around the use of the weed killer glyphosate are likely to change and US President's China trade block could have an impact on our beef and dairy exports. Audio

Jeff Grant is New Zealand's representative in London keeping an eye on Brexit negotiations and what they may mean for our red meat exports to the UK and EU. Audio

In Waikato cows are milking well, maize is going in, silage is being cut, asparagus is shooting away. Farmers in South Otago are preparing paddocks for winter crops. Audio

Jennifer Boggiss is working to put Tonga on the world vanilla map. She's the CEO and co-founder of Heilala Vanilla, a Tauranga company celebrating its tenth birthday this year. Heilala's vanilla pods… Video, Audio, Gallery

The Country Life team finds out about the impact Brexit is having on British lamb and chicken producers; New Zealand's Special Trade Envoy Mike Peterson fills us in on what's happening with the use of… Audio

The Government admits the rebate mechanism for Auckland's regional fuel tax is flawed. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Horticulture New Zealand says consumers should soon have a much better idea about where their food comes from, with mandatory country of origin labelling expected to be in place early next year. Audio

Lambs took their opportunity to hog centre stage at Ngaere School's "show day" in Taranaki yesterday with families being asked to keep calves on the farm in the wake of the mycoplasma bovis scare… Audio

A family-run fuel company says it wants to disrupt the Wellington fuel market when it sets up shop in the capital early next year. Waitomo Group will open a 6-pump unmanned site on the Hutt Road in… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

New Zealand's largest kiwifruit grower, Seeka, says it's unclear how some of it's kiwifruit vines in Australia became infected with the vine-killing disease PSA. Audio