Country

Jason Prior is a beekeeper who produces up to 60 tonnes of honey a year, has a nursery that sells trees bees love and is about to plant 1000 cider apple trees. Audio, Gallery

Roscoe Taggart is a third generation farmer at Cust in North Canterbury. He took over the running of the family farm five years ago. The 28-year-old is phasing out the sheep breeding component of the… Audio

It's 10 years since Lindy Nelson set out on a path which led to the Agri-Women's Development Trust, which has helped hundreds of women - and men now too - make change in New Zealand's primary sector… Audio

Vegetable crops are on a bit of a go-slow in the Pukekohe district because it's been so wet and in Southland farmers are doing the rounds to check for cast ewes... Audio

Mark Bocock rears 4500 calves a year at his property near Te Awamutu in Waikato. At this time of year he's working 12 hours a day, making 140 farm visits a week to pick up calves. Audio

Trees, Bees and a Nice Cold Cider Please, Changing the way the family farms, Beefing up women's voices - a decade on, calf rearer Mark Bocock and the Regional Wrap. Audio

A Rotorua farmer reckons he is the proud owner of the ugliest lamb he has ever seen.

One of a set of triplets - the lamb is woolless, basically bald - and a genetic rarity.

There will be no woolly… Video, Audio

Yesterday economist Peter Fraser spoke to the panel about his belief that technology may not be the silver bullet farmers hope it is in terms of lowering New Zealand's emissions. Today Federated… Audio

A piece in the Newsroom website by scientist Mike Joy and economist Peter Fraser warns against seeing technological breakthroughs as a way to continue farming as we currently are. Peter Fraser joins… Audio

Move over cricket flour, locusts are the new black in the protein world. Insects are thought to be the answer to the sustainable food - they can be frozen, fried or ground up into baking.  Audio, Gallery

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio