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Morning Rural News for 3 October 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Agribusinesses join with government on emissions research centre
A number of agribusiness heavyweights have signed up to be part of the government's proposed research centre tasked with reducing agricultural emissions.
A year on the farm: Off to the local bull sale
In this new series, Alistair and Genna Bird share the ups and downs of farming life across the four seasons. In part one, Alistair heads to the Timberlea Angus bull sale in search of a fine yearling… Video, Audio
Farmer Time gets kids focused on farming
Best of 2022 - A new educational programme beams farmers into urban classrooms to talk about agriculture with school children. Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
In the Bay of Plenty gold kiwifruit are in their full bud stage and the new red kiwifruit vines are starting to flower. In Otago one farmer says it' been one of the best lambing seasons in his 50… Audio
Country Life for 30 September 2022
Country Life's new monthly series with Oxford farmer and youtube vlogger Alistair Bird starts this week - he'll be giving a monthly taste of his life on the land. In the first episode he tells us what… Audio
A scent of the past on Māhia Peninsula
Best of 2022 - A plantation of ancient tītoki trees used for perfume is among the secrets unveiled by historian and writer Mere Whaanga who has researched the story of Taipōrutu - her ancestral land… Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Tatua paying farmers $11.30p/kg of milk solids
Waikato dairy co-op Tatua is paying its farmers $11.30 a kilogram of milk solids for last season.
Mycoplasma bovis: Fourth case identified on Mid-Canterbury farm
The property with the new case is in the Wakanui area of Mid-Canterbury, Biosecurity NZ says.
Morning Rural News for 30 September 20222
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Solving the World's Problems with Steve Wyn-Harris
Today Hawke's Bay farmer Steve Wyn-Harris talks to Jesse about the local farmer of the year event. Steve took the award out in 1994 and is back to give advice to others wanting to take the title home.
…Midday Rural News for 29 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Piloting NZ beef and lamb vending machine meals in China
Consumers will soon be able to buy ready-to-eat meals, made with New Zealand beef and lamb, from vending machines in Shanghai.
Morning Rural News for 29 September 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Fonterra to start using organic polymer battery
An organic polymer battery is set to become part of New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra's operation - the world's first commercial use of such a battery.
Fonterra has partnered with PolyJoule, an… Audio
Government passes bill to ban livestock exports by sea
Livestock exports by sea will cease next year, after the government passed a bill to ban them.
Midday Rural News for 28 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector
New Zealand King Salmon has reported a net loss of $24.5 million dollars for the six months to July, with increasing fish deaths, a lower harvest and a decline in… Audio
Morning Rural News for 28 September 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
RSE employers should be shut out of scheme if they break rules - worker advocate
Worker advocates warn employers must not be allowed to exploit the next wave of workers in the Recognised Seasonal Employers scheme.
