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Just last week we heard vegetable prices might come down, thanks to favourable growing conditions - welcome news for households struggling with inflation.

But key growing region Pukekohe was battered… Audio

Oxford farmer Alistair Bird explains what happened on-farm in December and gets some calves ready for living on the hills. Audio

Billy Barton used to compete with ferrets as a past-time in his native Wales. Now he trains them and a pack of white shepherd dogs to hunt out rabbits and feral cats in NZ's war against pests. Audio

The unique limestone hills of the Waipara Valley are home to Greystone's 50-hectare organic vineyard. General manager and founding viticulturist Nick Gill says that despite a lack of direct sunlight… Audio

Billy Barton - 'They call me the Ferret Man', A Year on the Farm - Part 4: Calves get health check before heading onto hills, Grape growth on track at organic vineyard, and On the Farm - a wrap of… Audio

Cows are laying in grass in Waikato, while pasture growth has dropped dramatically in Southland. Clinical signs of facial eczema are starting to show around the country and a tropical insect which… Audio

Now we've all noticed the cost of groceries going up 10.6 percent since last year. Tomatoes though is another story... they have gone up by a whopping 136.9 percent! However, there's good reason for… Audio

The Poultry Industry Association says the egg shortage is still months away from improving.  

He says even though some farmers are buying more chicks to boost their flocks that won't deliver… Audio

Free range egg farmers are fielding hundreds of calls and managing a flood of customers at farmers' markets as New Zealanders struggle to get their hands on eggs. 

The poultry industry warns an end… Audio