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Country Life for 5 November 2021
On Country Life, a wrap of farming conditions around NZ; Farm talk with Benthem Farms in Michigan and Vanya Maw has been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that… Audio
Midday Rural News for 5 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 5 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Farmers need support to adjust to increase in dry conditions, reports say
Regional councils and primary sector bodies are being told they need to act now to better support farmers to grow food under increasingly dry conditions.
Some farmers out of step with more stringent winter grazing rules - report
Regional councils are taking winter grazing more seriously but there are still some farms not demonstrating good practice, a new report has found.
'Revolution in nutrition': Fonterra hopes to boost health benefits of dairy products
Fonterra has announced a deal for the design of dairy products that incorporate targeted release of specific nutrients.
Midday Rural News for 4 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Covid-19: Northland iwi trust on possible Auckland travellers
Vaccinated Aucklanders could be headed out of the city over summer, but not everyone wants them.
Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust in Te Tai Tokerau chief executive Carol Berghan spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Morning Rural News for 4 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Farmers urged to create Covid-19 checklist
Farmers are being urged to create a check list on how to run their farm in case they get Covid-19 and can't do so themselves.
Midday Rural News for 3 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Covid-19: Tighter restrictions in Far North after two unlinked cases
A loose border is isolating the uppermost tip of the North Island, which is now in Alert Level 3.
The government shifted part of the Far North into the tighter restrictions after two cases in the… Audio
NZ hasn't signed methane cutting pledge yet, but Minister planning to confirm today
New Zealand hasn't yet signed a global initiative announced overnight to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030.
More than 80 countries have already reportedly signed up to the… Audio
Morning Rural News for 3 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Covid-19: Far North Mayor on latest lockdown
The Far North is now in alert level 3 lockdown after a two unlinked cases in the township of Taipa north of Kerkeri prompted a snap shift in alert levels last night.
There is now a makeshift border… Audio
Belching cows put Kiwi science on world stage at COP26
A tossed off comment from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson about belching cows has put work by clever Kiwi scientists onto the world stage at COP26. Audio
Six stand for seats on Whanganui board of one of country's biggest farmers
Six people are standing for two positions on the board of one of the biggest farmers in the country, the Ātihau-Whanganui Incorporation.
Snail farming, how to make money from it
Linde Olivier Louwe - a former office manager - has turned to snail farming into a full time job and she's putting together a snail farmers' handbook so others can join her. Audio
Growing regulation causing added stress for dairy farmers - Survey
A new industry survey has found many dairy farmers are feeling under pressure, despite strong prices.
Midday Rural News for 2 November 2021
A survey of dairy farmers has found nearly a third are feeling less positive than they were 12 months ago. Audio
