Rural
Dairy prices fall in latest auction
Dairy prices have fallen to their lowest level in five months in the latest auction.
Morning Rural News for Tuesday 7 March 2017
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Bovine TB found in Tasman herd
Bovine tuberculosis has been found in Golden Bay for the first time in a decade.
Watching the fleece fly
Country Life was there when the handpiece buzzed at the 17th World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill. Audio, Gallery
Watching the fleece fly
Country Life was there when the handpiece buzzed at the 17th World Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Invercargill.
AudioKiwi quinoa
On a rugged sheep and beef farm near Taihape, Dan and Jacqui Cottrell grow New Zealand's only commercial crop of the ancient South American grain. Audio, Gallery
Kiwi quinoa
On a rugged sheep and beef farm near Taihape, Dan and Jacqui Cottrell grow New Zealand's only commercial crop of the ancient South American grain.
AudioRegional Wrap
The North Island is having a late summer and store lamb prices have increased, while in the South Island some farmers on the West Coast have turned their irrigation on! And a haze is in the air as mid… Audio
Fit for farming
Ian Handcock's Fit for Farming movement encourages farmers to be active off the farm. One farmer is taking it to an extreme and will attempt to milk 4,000 cows in 12 hours. Audio
Fit for farming
Ian Handcock's Fit for Farming movement encourages farmers to be active off the farm. One farmer is taking it to an extreme and will attempt to milk 4,000 cows in 12 hours.
AudioMayor welcomes new owner of Hunter Valley Station near Wanaka
Queenstown Lakes Mayor says access to the lake has been controversial for several years, with the current leesee refusing public access. Jim Boult describes the sale as a satisfactory outcome. Audio
Alcohol as big an issue as drugs among workers, dairy industry says
Drug use among dairy farm workers is a problem, but alcohol abuse is just as big an issue, Federated Farmers says.
