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Midday Rural News for 22 March 2023
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Morning Rural News for 22 March 2023
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Winter concerns loom for Tai Rāwhiti beef and sheep farms
Beef and sheep farmers in Tai Rāwhiti fear they will have paddocks full of starving animals this winter due to a lack of road access. Audio
Midday Rural News for 21 March 2023
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Tai Rāwhiti farmers having trouble slaughtering stock
Beef and sheep farmers in Tai Rāwhiti fear they'll have paddocks full of starving animals this winter, because there's no safe way to get them off the paddocks or to the meatworks.
Federated Farmers… Audio
Morning Rural News for 21 March 2023
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Thousands of beehives destroyed, damaged: 'Some beekeepers have lost everything'
It is estimated between 5000 and 6000 beehives were washed away or damaged in Hawke's Bay and Tai Rāwhiti during Cyclone Gabrielle.
The Panel with Ed Amon and Nalini Baruch (Part Two)
Wallace and panellists Ed Amon and Nalini Baruch talk to Gisborne farmer and Federated Farmers Meat & Wool chairperson Toby Williams on the mammoth challenge faced by cyclone affected farmers, who… Audio
Midday Rural News for 20 March 2023
News from the rural farming sector Audio
A Gisborne grower says there's not huge demand for coastal shipping
A grower from Gisborne says there is little demand for the Government's 3-million dollar coastal shipping service to Napier.
Gisborne's Eastland Port is getting ready to unload its first container… Audio
Morning Rural News for 20 March 2023
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Thousands of dead birds pile up at important wetland
The corpses of thousands of dead birds have piled up around the extensive mosaic of swamps, fens, bogs and open water between Waikato's Meremere and Te Kauwhata.
How a freezer kickstarted a 50 year career in bag-making
Nearly 50 years ago, Dan Hickman swapped a freezer for a sewing machine. Audio
Southland farmer caught on the hop
Harvesting is about to get underway at Garston Hops which has gone from traditional sheep farming to a two tier operation with big plans afoot. Audio
How a freezer kickstarted a 50 year career in bag-making
Nearly 50 years ago, Dan Hickman swapped a freezer for a sewing machine. These days, you won't find many people in Otorohanga that aren't proud owners of a colourful Danzbagz bag. Audio
Rural News Wrap
RNZ's rural news reporter, Maja Burry, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Audio
Trappers unite over the net
Amid the shiny tractors, new sheep breeds and delicious smelling spit roast at the Central Districts Fieldays in Feilding this weekend, was a stand featuring different types of pest traps. People were… Audio
Country Life for 17 March 2023
NZ's southernmost hop farm, a small town business which has it all in the bag, an online trapping network tightens the net on pests and the ag news wrap with Maja Burry. Audio
Synlait Milk dramatically lowers profit forecast
It has cut its forecast after-tax profit to $15-$25 million.
Midday Rural News for 17 March 2023
News from the rural farming sector Audio
