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Country Life Friday January 26 2024
Country Life checks in on a paddock-to-plate free range egg venture and a Canterbury lamb sale as well as consitions on farms and orchards around Aotearoa. Audio
The perfect storm for avocado growers
The current New Zealand Hass avocado season will be one growers will want to forget.
Midday Rural News for 26 January 2024
The current avocado season will be one to forget with record low volumes of avocados exported, down by more than a million trays so far, with many orchards still recovering after three seasons of… Audio
Fonterra to install its first electrode boiler at Edendale plant
The Southland site is next in line to have one of its coal boilers switched out for a renewable energy alternative.
Morning Rural News for 26 January 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Apples to return to supermarket shelves
Apple lovers everywhere, relax.
After a long wait, growers are now starting to pick the fruit, and it'll be appearing in supermarkets soon.
Popular varieties of apples have been largely absent from… Audio
Midday Rural News for 25 January 2024
Abysmal and tragic is how farmers are describing the prices they're being paid for lamb this season - with many re-considering their future in the sector.
Susan Murray has the rural news. Audio
Livestock Improvement Corporation posts solid $29 million half-year profit
The Animal genetics business has posted a solid financial result, despite revenue pressures due to the lower milk price.
Morning Rural News for 25 January 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 24 January 2024
R-CALF USA which represents sheep farmers is busy meeting with members of congress to push its agenda - to get higher tariffs on imported sheep-meat from New Zealand and Australia.
Sally Murphy has… Audio
US group abandons legal action on higher tariffs for NZ lamb
A US lobby group has backed down on its call for greater import tariffs on New Zealand lamb.
Morning Rural News for Wednesday 24 January 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Grower's great wall of maize to keep out selfie-seekers
A Taranaki sunflower grower has had to take security measures (of a botanical nature) to deter Instagrammers. Audio
Red Sea attacks driving up freight costs - Rabobank
Tensions in the Red Sea are causing problems for exporters working to get key commodities into Europe.
Midday Rural News for 23 January 2024
After seven years in the top job, and 21 years at Zespri's chief executive Dan Mathieson has announced he will move on.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio
Kumara in the Kaipara rebounds after Cyclone Gabrielle
It's almost a year since kumara crops, which were ready to be harvested in the Kaipara District in Northland were pretty much wiped out by two major weather events. Audio
Morning Rural News for 23 January 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 22 January 2024
The New Zealand wood industry is closely watching the conflict in the Red Sea as global shipping costs are rising as a result of the disrupted supply chain.
Monique Steele has the rural news.
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Morning Rural News for 22 January 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Wool gathering pays off with high demand for natural sheepskin products
The rise in demand comes as people begin to turn away from plastic alternatives and "vegan" leather options.