Rural
Regional Wrap
Many North Island farms have saturated soils after a week of rain and in-between the downpours contractors are trying to harvest maize. In the South Island rain is destroying grape crops in Malborough… Audio
Top Crop
Ashburton farmer Eric Watson has become a Guinness World Record holder after producing the world's highest yielding crop of wheat. Audio
Top Crop
Ashburton farmer Eric Watson has become a Guinness World Record holder after producing the world's highest yielding crop of wheat.
AudioFull Episode for Friday April 14, 2017
South Island Field Days, Tutsan Action Group, Kiwi Bites, Wheat Growing Record. Audio
Full Episode for Friday April 14, 2017
South Island Field Days, Tutsan Action Group, Kiwi Bites, Wheat Growing Record.
AudioTake that,Tutsan
Tutsan's days are numbered. Thanks to years of fund-raising and work by a team of mainly volunteers, the invasive weed is now on the menu for a moth and a beetle that have been brought to New Zealand… Audio
North Canterbury farmers make the best of life after earthquake
Four months after their villa was wrecked, North Canterbury farmers Bob and Vicki Todhunter have made a stylish new temporary home in a shearing shed.
Quake creates new opportunities from loss for Ward farmer
A third generation farmer in Ward, who lost his home in last November's quake, has chosen to see it as an opportunity to change the way he lives and farms.
Fonterra encouraging winter milking
Fonterra is encouraging farmers who want to invest in their farming systems to milk cows through winter for the cooperative.
'The water just kept coming' - Edgecumbe farmer
Some farms near Edgecumbe look more like lakes, with dozens of paddocks still completely underwater days after the swollen Rangitāiki wreaked havoc on the area. Audio
Planting for posterity
More than 50 years ago Jaap and Sue Van Dorser cleared and then planted up a small section of the Awahou Stream which flows into Lake Rotorua. Over 20 years ago they were joined by another couple and… Audio, Gallery
Planting for posterity
More than 50 years ago Jaap and Sue Van Dorser cleared and then planted up a small section of the Awahou Stream which flows into Lake Rotorua. Over 20 years ago they were joined by another couple and…
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