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Ballance Agri-Nutrients in good shape despite record high commodity prices - board member
Fertiliser co-operative Ballance Agri-Nutrients is batting away the possibility of job losses as farmers resist paying red-hot global commodity prices.
More clarity needed on how land-use rules might change - environmental advocate
An environmental advocate says it's hard to get a clear answer on the extent to which climate change is taken into account on consents.
Brave ewe world - Researchers look to science to boost sheep population
Australian researchers are hoping to lift the low success rate of artificial insemination in sheep.
Agricultural emissions plan in jeopardy as National walks back support
A plan to price the country's agricultural emissions may be put out to pasture before it gets going, as National backs away from supporting it.
A farmer and grower-led group - called He Waka Eke Noa… Audio
Morning Rural News for 8 June 2023
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Fraught negotiations continue over emissions pricing deal
Fraught negotiations on the emissions pricing deal between the government and farmers is leaving the industry-shaping agreement up in the air.
He Waka Eke Noa was promised by the former Prime… Audio
Morning Rural News for 6 June 2023
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
In love with yuzu
It's ancient, niche, sour and prickly - but what's not to love about yuzu? Country Life talks to Neville Chun about his passion for the fruit and follows it from the harvest to the brewery where yuzu… Audio
Organic gardener Kath Irvine: time to plant fruit trees
Nomad gardener and The Edible Backyard author Kath Irvine has parked up the house truck and settled down for winter in Golden Bay. Audio
Tom the Young Farmer on his NZ farming experience
"It's going to be painful to go back to milking in a herringbone parlour after the speed that we're able to milk out in the rotary here," says Tom Everall, aka Tom the Young Farmer. The Shropshire… Audio
Composting barn better for cows and land, says Karamea farmer
Frano Volkman's cows will soon be snuggling up on a thick bed of woodchips and sawdust in their new 6,300m2 composting barn. The organic fertiliser formed underneath Volkman's herd will be spread onto… Audio
On the Farm
Wet conditions in Northland have not stopped all year destroying kumara crops. Arable farmers in Canterbury have been battling to get autumn-sown crops of winter wheat and barley in the ground as… Audio
Country Life for 2 June 2023
Growing and brewing yuzu, a composting barn and Tom the Young Farmer, plus a round up of farming conditions around Aotearoa. Audio
Synlait to sell off Dairyworks and Talbot Forest brands
The dairy company Synlait wants to sell-off its household dairy brands Dairyworks and Talbot Forest Cheese, as it looks to pay down debt.
Midday Rural News for 2 June 2023
News from the rural farming sector Beef and Lamb New Zealand estimates the damage from Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle and the Auckland Anniversary floods, will cost between 367 and 422 million dollars. a… Audio
Morning Rural News for 2 June 2023
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
