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9:07 PM.An isolated bout of hail hit some maize crops in Waikato this week, while in the South Island the Marlborough region is looking a picture. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Pasture is bursting forth around the country in "dream" spring conditions, ag contractors are all out making silage, the summer fuit harvest is underway and in the vineyard, workers are tidying vine… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Grass is climbing out of the ground around the North Island and Otago has had a 26 degree day and a frost this week. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.There's been welcome rain and warmth in the north and clear patches for sowing and silage-making but too much rain on the West Coast is not helping the mating season. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.Avocados are coming off trees thick and fast and retirees are putting their hands up for seasonal work in Central Otago. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Grass is bolting and tractors are humming in the North Island but farmers could still do with more rain. On the West Coast farmers are still waiting for paddocks to dry out enough to plant next… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Farmers in the north who were getting a bit twitchy with the lack of rain are pleased they can now almost see the grass growing after a good few millimetres in the gauge this week. Trading stock are… Read more Audio

9:12 PM.Hungry lambs in Rangitikei are starting to put pressure on the amount of grass left for their mums and Nelson and Marlborough are already getting desperately dry. There's been historic low rainfall in… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Northland's farmers are reluctant to buy in stock and the sheep farmers in the southern South Island seem to have made it through this week's weather bomb with fewer than expected lamb deaths. Find… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.It's been a kind spring so far with good lamb survival rates and a pleasing bud break in Hawke's Bay orchards but a lot more rain is needed around the country except in Southland and on the West… Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Docking's started in blustery weather in the North and in Te Waipounamu it was a wild week for many on both sides of the main divide. Read more Audio

9:14 PM.More kiwifruit blocks are being planted in south Auckland and lambs are skipping around paddocks with the sun on their backs. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.There's huge concern about low aquifer levels around many North Island regions, and snow is blanketing Otago. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.The Hawkes Bay countryside has been transformed by winter rain. In the McKenzie Basin, merino shearing is underway. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Avocado exports are just starting,  apple growers are thinking about heavily pruning crops because there'll be so few workers to pick their fruit,  a crisp minus seven degrees hit the Mackenzie… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.There's been perfect lambing weather in the North Island and calves are arriving early in Otago. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.Big, beautiful calves are arriving a couple of weeks early in some parts of the country and for many South Island regions spring is in the air. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Waikato and Taranaki dairy farms have never looked better at this time of year, and it's been relatively balmy in the deep south... Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Wet weather is pugging up some paddocks but grass growth is great for the time of year and, with seasonal employees unable to return home, pruning's well advanced in Nelson orchards. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Calving's been keeping farmers busy over a mostly dull, wet and chilly week weather-wise as hares and rabbits pester growers around Pukekohe. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Calving's started as winter arrives in the far north and stock are tucking in to winter crops around Canterbury Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Winter sets in in the north and the effects of the drought are still being felt at the top of the South Island. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Drought hit Hawke's Bay has had rain and in the South Island, Tekapo farmers have been working in temperatures that have barely hit five degrees. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Farmers in the picturesque Matukituki Valley near Wanaka are enjoying being able to move stock easily now that tourist traffic has quietened down. The mild start to winter around much of the country… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Ewe scanning is underway in the north, which has seen more welcome rain this week and dairy farmers are catching their breath before calving. Read more Audio