Rural
Regional Wrap
Gisborne has had a couple of frosts and quite strong nor-west winds. Karamea, on the South Island's West Coast, had a mid-week down pour of about 150 millimetres. Audio
Full Episode for Friday July 13 2018
Testing Times - Farming with M Bovis and MPI Responds, Peace on Pepin, Counting Heads, Farm Succession feedback and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Full Episode for Friday July 13 2018
Testing Times - Farming with M Bovis and MPI Responds, Peace on Pepin, Counting Heads, Farm Succession feedback and the Regional Wrap.
AudioAgResearch field-testing GM ryegrass in United States
New Zealand scientists trialling a genetically modified grass in the United States say the plant could prove a game-changer for agriculture.
Midday Rural News for 13 July 2018
Federated Farmers is reminding lifestyle owners that they must take care about the risk of Mycoplasma bovis on their properties. Audio
Midday Rural News for 12 July 2018
Sixty businesses who produce nearly half of all New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions have pledged to reduce them, to seek offsets like planting trees and to strictly monitor their emissions. Audio
Midday Rural News for 11 July 2018
An economic consultancy which has studied the dairy industry says farmers face a potential one percent loss of earnings from disagreement over Fonterra's internal financing. Audio
Midday Rural News for 10 July 2018
Divisions are growing in the dairy industry over the way Fonterra works out the highly influential price it pays farmers for milk. Audio
Mega chicken-farm protest ramps up in Kaipara
The campaign against Tegel's plan for the country's largest chicken-farm south of Dargaville has ramped up. A big roadside billboard with signs facing each way has appeared on land beside the site… Video, Audio
Midday Rural News for 9 July 2018
Concerns are growing that the forecast dairy price of 7 dollars per kilogramme of milk solids might not last. Audio
Lait of the Land
Canterbury dairy farmers Wendy and Lance Main are former 'townies'. After working their way up the share-milking ladder, the couple now produce premium milk on their own 250 hectares near Oxford. Audio
Lait of the Land
Canterbury dairy farmers Wendy and Lance Main are former 'townies'. After working their way up the share-milking ladder, the couple now produce premium milk on their own 250 hectares near Oxford.
AudioLove in a Cold Climate
Organic garlic growers Lon and Gilly eke out a living in Central Otago. To make ends meet, Lon has sometimes chopped wood and washed dishes, while Gilly has shifted cattle breaks and painted t-shirts.
…Love in a Cold Climate
Organic garlic growers Lon and Gilly eke out a living in Central Otago. To make ends meet, Lon has sometimes chopped wood and washed dishes, while Gilly has shifted cattle breaks and painted t-shirts.
… AudioHow does a farmer know when to retire?
It's empowering for farmers to be realistic about how many good working years might be ahead of them, says 72-year-old farm business consultant Don Fraser. Audio
