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Farmers hitting the road for another protest
Tractors will take to our roads today as part of a nation-wide protest organised by Groundswell.
The farmer advocacy group opposes the government's emission pricing scheme plan and expects… Audio
Morning Rural News for 20 October 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Wet weather crop delays costing arable farmers time and money
Wet weather in parts of the North Island over the past few months has been causing huge issues for farmers and growers, who have had to delay planting valuable crops.
Midday Rural News for 19 October 2022
News from the rural farming sector That's right the average price at the fortnightly sale fell 4-point-6 percent overnight to $3723 USdollars a tonne. The joint winners of The Great New Zealand… Audio
Morning Rural News for 19 October 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 18 October 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
PGW expects inflationary pressures to continue affecting on-farm profits
The rural services company PGG Wrightson (PGW) is warning inflationary pressures on input costs will affect on-farm profits.
Morning Rural News for 18 October 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 17th October 2022
China's continuing zero-Covid policy is still tough for New Zealand exporters.
Sally Murphy has the rural news. Audio
Season 2 Ep 1: Rabbits & other Pests
No-one knows for sure who first introduced rabbits to New Zealand, because no-one wanted to take the blame for what became one of New Zealand's biggest environmental and economic disasters. We start… Video, Audio
Heated emissions from media on gas charging plan
Settling on a scheme to charge for agricultural emissions has taken 20 years of consultation, compromise and scientific research - and agriculture’s leading lobby groups were partners in the process… Audio
No certainty global emission 'leakage' will come from reduced dairy exports
There is little reason to conclude reducing New Zealand's agricultural output is certain to lead to increased global climate emissions, reports show.
Emotions flow at family run bull sale
The Timperlea Angus bull sale is one of the biggest days of the year for stud breeder Marie Fitzpatrick. It's also a time when her family get together to celebrate their love for farming and that… Audio
25 Years of Country Life - Our man in Pukekohe
Throughout our quarter century we've relied on good hearted and informed people from around the country to share with us what's happening in their region. Their comments are compiled into the rural… Audio
Country Life for October 14 2022
Country Life is at a bull sale in North Canterbury, hears from long-time Pukekohe correspondent Stan Clark and learns how flour is ground the old fashioned way, by wind, in Foxton.
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers are counting their losses this week after a frost last Friday caused irreparable damage. Central Otago sheep farmers are nearing the end of shearing and lambing is in… Audio
Week in Politics: Farmer fury over emissions pricing proposals
Analysis: There's rural outrage over the government's emissions pricing proposals for agriculture , and a swing to the right in council elections.
Council supports landowners in planting millions of trees planted on unproductive land
Waikato landowners have retired the equivalent of 21 average-sized farms of unproductive land and planted over 3 million trees in the past five years.
Midday Rural News for 14 October 2022
News from the rural farming sector It's peak season for many contractors at the moment, as arable farmers prepare the ground for planting. But wet weather across the Waikato, Manawatu and Wairarapa… Audio
Morning Rural News for 14 October 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
