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12:35 PM.Despite sales of New Zealand-made infant formula remaining strong to our main market of China - producers are being warned against relying on just one market.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.International attention is honing in on forestry practices over on the East Coast, with promises audits around harvest practices will improve. 

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:38 PM.Orchardists in China have been illegally growing Zespri's SunGold fruit - and now they're using counterfeit Zespri packaging.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Trade Minister Todd McClay is investigating a possible trade agreement between New Zealand and the UAE, after meeting with his counterpart in Abu Dhabi last week.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:37 PM.Waikato sheep milking farmers say they were blind-sided this week when their company Maui Milk, told them to stop milking immediately.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Cyclone Gabrielle last February severely affected four of T&G's orchards and flooded some of its facilities.

It has just reported a net loss after tax of $64.2 million for the year to December; a… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Grain prices are continuing their downward trend, meaning some growers won't break-even this season in the face of high production costs.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.The country's largest kiwifruit grower, Seeka, says any risks posed by a common agri-chemical can be mitigated. 

Seeka representatives spoke about hydrogen cyanamide at an Environmental Protection… Read more Audio

12:35 PM."Bloody dry" is how farmers are describing current condition, with many offloading stock due to concerns over feed and water levels.

Niwa's latest hotspot shows conditions are extremely dry in… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A new study has shown further evidence of inequities in rural healthcare services. Researchers at the University of Otago looked at how patients in rural and urban centres use hospitals and other… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Several gold kiwifruit growers are selling their high value, sought-after, gold kiwifruit licences and quitting the industry.

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

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12:38 PM.Launched in Wellington last night, beekeepers plan to revive the industry with a strategy which aims to double honey exports to a billion dollars by 2030.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio