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12:35 PM.News from the rural farming sector. Read more Audio

12:34 PM.the summer shearing season is underway - but gangs are struggling to find rhythm with consistent wet weather holding things up.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Dairy co-operative Fonterra has raised its forecast farmgate milk price for this season  - thanks to stronger demand for dairy.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Palm kernel expeller, or PKE, is imported here from Indonesia and Malaysia to be used as supplementary feed on dairy farms.

The use of P-K-E has come under scrutiny in recent years due to its links… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.National's Todd McClay is meeting with industry leaders and officials this week to fine tune policies and to plan how they'll be rolled out.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:34 PM.From May next year China will stop accepting frozen velvet imports bound for its traditional medicinal market - deciding to use dried velvet only.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:39 PM.Far North Solar Farm wants to install enough solar panels to power a hundred thousand homes on 670 hectares of land that's currently used for dairy farming.

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

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12:34 PM.The Livestock Improvement Corporation's is paying farmers over $2 million over semen quality issues.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:37 PM.Vegetables New Zealand is optimistic the new government has food security front of mind and will back the expansion of vegetable growing areas in New Zealand.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio