Rural News

News from the rural farming sector. Audio

Cordons are in place around the fire, but Fire and Emergency has been allowing farmers access to manage livestock Thursday morning.

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Devastated but not defeated is how one grower is describing the situation.

Early in the hours of February 14th last year, metres of floodwater ran through Linden Estate in the hard-hit Esk Valley -… Read more Audio

News from the rural farming sector. Audio

A Tolaga Bay farming couple are still picking up the pieces after Cyclone Gabrielle. Mike and Bridget Parker say a year on from the cyclone and they're still clearing their land, with little help from… Read more Audio

Fonterra has lifted its farmgate forecast milk price for this season by 30 cents to a new mid-point of 7-dollars-80 a kilogram of milk solids.

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Alliance is busy pushing lamb, beef and venison into China - just in time for Chinese New Year celebrations, which kick off later this month. 

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Despite exporting more beef and sheep-meat last year than in 2022, the value was down 11 percent to just over $10 billion.

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