Rural News

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

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

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

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

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

Access roads have been washed out, there are massive slips on some back country, and fences have been destroyed again - after over 225 millimetres of rain fell in Tai Rāwhiti over the weekend.

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