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9:07 PM.Farmers in Wairarapa have been crutching and watching ewes. Conditions underfoot have dried out in Canterbury so stock are utilising fodder crops well. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Northland soils are extremely wet so dairy farmers are continuing to stand cows off pastures where possible. Central Otago farmers are shifting breaks and feeding out stock and shearing is underway on… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.A farmer on the East Coast has just finished pregnancy scanning ewes, while some of the very early flocks are starting to lamb. Cows in Southland have settled on winter crops and sheep are break… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Many farms in the North Island are drenched after all the rain and heavy money's being paid at Canterbury bull sales. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Ewe pregnancy scanning results are down in King Country but well up in Wairarapa and some farmers have stopped looking at the rain gauge in the Nelson region, it's been so wet. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Hawke's Bay had a 23 degree day on June the first and Balclutha farmers have been reaching for their stubbies - it's been very warm there too. Read more Audio

9:12 PM.There's been a bit of badly needed rain in King Country and it has warmed up again after a very cold week last week. Farmers are getting into winter mode in Canterbury with stock starting on winter… Read more Audio

9:12 PM.The citrus harvest continues in Gisborne and finally rain has fallen in Waikato. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Frosty temperatures nipped the heels of many North Island regions this week while in the South Island much needed rain fell in Marlborough and Canterbury. Read more Audio

9:17 PM.Farmers at Hamilton's Frankton sales are buying in the hope that rain will eventually arrive. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.In Hawkes Bay a lamb finisher currently has 27,000 labms on his farm, about 5,000 more than last year, because there's so much feed. Read more Audio

9:12 PM.It's been another great week in Canterbury with weather as good as you could expect for the time of year. Conditions are excellent for newly establishing seed and grain crops. Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Gisborne vegetable growers are sick of being blamed for food price hikes which means people are chosing less healthy food options, and grass growth in mid and south Canterbury is exceptional for this… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.The East Coast suffered more slips and roading damage from former Cyclone Fili, but nearly all other regions of New Zealand would rather welcome some rain - just not too much. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.It's been a bit of a slow start for the early green kiwifruit harvest in Bay of Plenty with warm nights and mornings and some Southland dairy farmers are drying their herds off well over a month early… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Stock are getting through broken fences on sodden farms in the North Island and gobbling feed normally shut up for the lean winter months while in Southland and parts of Otago no substantial rain has… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Stock are pushing a mouthful of feed into the ground every step they take on the East Coast after downpours this week and in dry South Otago, some sheep farmers are having to tup ewes on supplementary… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Conditions on Horowhenua dairy farms are challenging enough to keep people on their toes. It's been nearly a month since the last rainfall. Grape harvesting's kicked into gear this week in… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.In the Pukekohe district the fine weather is ideal for kiwifruit harvesting but vegetable crops are still relying on irrigation. Contactors in Central Otago are doing a third cut of lucence and lambs… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Cool and damp conditions in Gisborne have been good for leafy crops but not so good for grapes and squash which love the hot and dry over ripening. On the West Coast a farmer at Hari Hari has been… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Rain and now sun mean grass growth has been phenomenal around the country but the grain and seed harvest in Canterbury have suffered. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.The weather in Taranaki has calmed down and farms are drying out after storms two weekends in a row. The early variety Smitten, Breeze and Gala apples are being picked and packed for export in the… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Significant rain has caused damage on farms in parts of the country but elsewhere it has been welcomed. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Waikato is teetering on the edge of a drought and grape crops are looking bountiful in Marlborough. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Nets are going on in a Hawke's Bay vineyard. Grapes are at or just past the veraison stage. In Canterbury there are large areas of grass seed crops cut waiting for warm dry weather for harvesting. Read more Audio