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12:36 PM.There's a whole new cohort of farmers and those with backgrounds in primary industries set to make it into parliament, following early election results.

Most notably, it looks like former Federated… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Fonterra takes out the top spot as the country's largest greenhouse gas emitter for the third year in a row.

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12:36 PM.A rural school principal says staff shortages, remote locations and poor access to educational providers are challenges for all rural schools.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.A sheep milk exporter says changing rules around the export dairy quota allocation system will let the fledgling industry expand more easily. 

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.Massey University is proposing reducing staff in food technology and plant and natural sciences by 60 percent with more than 100 jobs expected to go. 

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:31 PM.Dairy giant Fonterra has increased its milk forecast payout for this 2023/24 season by 50 cents.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Thousands of voters could miss out on their right to vote in next week's general election (Saturday October 14) as hundreds of polling booths - especially in remote locations - will be closed on… Read more Audio

12:38 PM.The Ministry for Primary Industries has allocated $20,000 to the Southland Rural Support Trust to distribute among farmers and growers.

Culverts were washed out, paddocks flooded, trees downed and… Read more Audio

12:34 PM.Volatility in global markets and softer consumer demand including from our biggest customer, China is hitting exports. That slump in beef exports to China has hit farmgate prices here. 

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12:35 PM.Asparagus growers, in the two key growing regions of Waikato and Horowhenua, are on tenterhooks with temperatures predicted to plunge overnight.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:36 PM.There are early warnings that the just-arrived El Niño weather pattern could produce droughts as severe as ones suffered in 1982 and 1997. 

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.NIWA says an El Niño has officially arrived. The weather pattern brings strong winds which could cause dryness and drought to East Coast regions, like Canterbury, Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay.

Sally… Read more Audio