Sally Murphy

A declaration of drought for Otago and Canterbury unlocking new funding support for struggling farmers. Audio

This week Country Life takes you to an Auckland lab making cheese without the need for a cow, and a start-up in Marlborough which is busy recycling damaged vineyard posts into low cost posts for farm… Audio

A couple of days after saying pumping water into the dried up Greenstreet Creek was not a straight forward activity and would only be a temporary solution - the Canterbury regional council's chief… Audio

Drought has been declared in Canterbury and Otago.

Minister of Agriculture Todd McClay made the announcement this morning alongside $70,000 dollars of funding for several Rural Support Trusts across… Audio

Farmers near the Greenstreet Creek on the outskirts of Ashburton say the Canterbury Regional Council sitting on its hands has resulted in the death of native fish and crayfish. 

Sally Murphy has the… Audio

Some exporters are happy with the fast tracking of the EU free-trade deal saying it means they'll benefit from tariff removals this season, while others say the rushed process means issues won't be… Audio

Six-and-a-half-thousand hectares of mainly mature plantation trees in the Central North Island were blown over or snapped in half last February.

Crews have been working non-stop to salvage the wood… Audio

Waikato sheep milking farmers say they were blind-sided this week when their company Maui Milk, told them to stop milking immediately.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

Cyclone Gabrielle last February severely affected four of T&G's orchards and flooded some of its facilities.

It has just reported a net loss after tax of $64.2 million for the year to December; a… Audio

Grain prices are continuing their downward trend, meaning some growers won't break-even this season in the face of high production costs.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio

The country's largest kiwifruit grower, Seeka, says any risks posed by a common agri-chemical can be mitigated. 

Seeka representatives spoke about hydrogen cyanamide at an Environmental Protection… Audio