Farming
Call for ban on all tomatoes from Australia
Tomatoes NZ is calling for a ban on all tomatoes from Australia, to stop a virus entering the country and decimating Aotearoa's crops. Audio
Pine forestry good for land and wallets - researchers
Rivers and lakes could be cleaned up and profits still generated for landowners by converting sheep and beef farms to pine trees, new research says.
Exotic weed spreads sowing seeds of environmental disaster - DoC
More than 100 new weeds have been added to the Department of Conservation's list of environmental threats.
Under-fire Synlait Milk needs $218m deal to avoid insolvency
Debt laden dairy company Synlait Milk will raise close to $218 million from its two main shareholders to preserve its future.
Heavy rain hits amid calving, lambing
"It's the sogginess," says one affected farmer in the Tararua District after the weekend onslaught.
'The Forest Maker' Tony Rinaudo
In 1981, as Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo was dropping trees off to be planted in Niger, he was struck by the despair of a mostly hopeless task - most planted trees were failing. Audio
Fonterra accused of greenwashing to impress big foreign buyers
The dairy giant has talked up its 'regenerative farming' credentials. But critics say the claims are bogus. Audio
Pole position: How a team is keeping Hurunui hillsides in place
Country Life - There's often little that can be done to prevent erosion, but the roots that grow from some trees are one way to help secure land at risk of slipping. Audio
Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream
Country Life - Meet the Steenkamp family behind The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying Wellington locals with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products from just outside the city centre. Audio
Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream
Meet the Steenkamp family behind The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying Wellington locals with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products from just outside the city centre. Audio
Trees help combat erosion on Hurunui hill country
There's often little that can be done to prevent erosion of farmland, but the roots which grow from trees like willow and poplar are one way to help secure land that is at risk of slipping and… Audio
