Agriculture
Getting the EU trade deal across the line
How hard was it to get a free trade deal with the European Union across the line? Audio
The Week in Detail: GIB, farm emissions, and sick leave
The Detail podcast brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Counting our farming emissions
Twenty years ago, he thought human-induced climate change was a load of rubbish. Now, George Moss' dairy farms are leading the way in counting - and cutting - greenhouse gas emissions. Audio
Healing Māori land through hemp
Isaac Beach felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon when he first stepped foot on a block of land he's now planting up with hemp. The crop is part of efforts to heal the land and involve its Māori… Video, Audio
25 Years of Country Life - Golden Pliers 2014
In celebration of Country Life's 25th birthday we will be delving into the archives over the next few months. This week we're watching expert fencers face off with their tools and technique at the… Audio
Technology key to dairy's future
Could cows be toilet trained and how close will dairy farmers be to slamming emissions a decade from now? Dairy farmer Pete Morgan and agritech entrepreneur Craig Piggott ruminate on dairy farming in… Audio
23 Years of Country Life - farewell to Carol Stiles
For 23 years, the warm, lively voice of Country Life presenter and producer Carol Stiles has been synonymous with RNZ's rural storytelling As she moves on from the job, Carol chats to Sally Round… Audio, Gallery
The Week in Detail: The Queen's big bash, newsprint shortages and the PM's US trip
The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Empowering rangatahi in the primary industries
Cheyenne Wilson is it's first chair of the Food and Fibre Youth Network. She tells Country Life it was established last year to give young people a voice and a place at the table in the agricultural… Audio
A fleece as white as snow
Wool needs all the help it can get and Richard Kettle of Animal Health Direct says he has the answer to rejected wool due to staining. Audio
Saffron grower says industry growth necessary to meet consumer demand
A Southland saffron grower says yields are slightly down this year but the quality of the spice is very high due to dry conditions.
Tractor sales continue to boom
Agriculture equipment sales are booming, with overall tractor sales up more than 25 percent compared with a year ago, the Tractor and Machinery Association says.
The undeniable (and underrecognised) genius of the Calusa
The University of Georgia's Victor Thompson is the lead author of a just-published study shedding light on just how the Calusa, a Native American people of Florida's southwest coast, outlived so many… Audio
Landmines among threats for Ukraine's farmers
Kees Huizinga is back at his cropping and dairy farm in Ukraine, trying to plant spring crops as war rages in many parts of the country. His 15,000 hectare farm, about 200 kilometres south of Kyiv… Audio
Groundswell: Who are they and what do they want?
Groundswell says it advocates for farmers and rural communities - but what does it stand for and is its message getting through? Audio
Ukraine farmer warns of looming food crisis
Ukrainian villagers and farmers have been thrown back into the Middle Ages, slaughtering pigs and milking cows by hand in an effort to keep the country fed, a farmer in Ukraine says. Audio
'Several countries could benefit from our research here'- Emmanuel Chakwizira
Growing up in a farming family in Zimbabwe, scientist Emmanuel Chakwizira talks to Kadambari Raghukumar about the differences in crop culture literally, and his work here in Canterbury. Audio
Winning ways on farm
Rhys Roberts is the winner of the 2022 New Zealand Zanda McDonald Award which recognises young people making a difference in agriculture. Audio
SOS: Save our soils for fruit and veg
There are urgent calls to prevent our increasingly scarce and prized growing land going forever, under concrete and asphalt. Just 15% of New Zealand's land is highly productive premium food production… Audio