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Midday Rural News for 22 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector As you may have heard in the business news, Fonterra will pay farmers 9-dollars-30 a kilogram of milk solids for the 2021-22 season. The Ministry of Primary… Audio
MPI announces M. bovis cull in Mid-Canterbury
Thousands of cows are to be culled on a huge feedlot near Ashburton, which is infected with M bovis. The Ministry for Primary Industries has also announced that stock will need to be tested or reduced… Audio
M. bovis Cull
The Ministry of Primary Industries has announced it will begin culling cows on a huge feedlot near Ashburton which is infected with Mycoplasma bovis. A control area notice to reduce stock on 14 nearby… Audio
Dr Lachlan McIver: making life and death decisions
Dr Lachlan McIver is an Australian doctor who's worked in some of the world's wildest and most remote places. He specialised as a rural generalist and his work in humanitarian medicine has taken him… Audio
Morning Rural News for 22 September 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 21 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Morning Rural News for 21 September 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Cloud seeding not taken up in New Zealand
It has been a very wet winter here in Aotearoa, meanwhile China recorded its worst drought conditions since records began. To counter this, the country has turned to a technique that involves firing… Audio
Rural services sector boasts optimistic outlook heading into spring - report
Rural service provider PGG Wrightson (PGW) says the outlook for the sector is positive heading into spring.
Midday Rural News for 20 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Morning Rural News for 20 September 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Killer dogs driving Northland farmers from owning sheep
Uncontrolled dogs are savaging livestock in night-time raids on farms in the far north, leaving helpless owners with dead animals and big vet bills.
Land co. head: Slow investors forcing us toward offshore investors
Local investors are sitting on their hands, an NZX-listed land management company says, and they are now on the hunt for foreign investors.
Growers say new policy statement a step in the right direction
Councils will now need to identify, map and manage productive land to protect it from inappropriate use and development.
Agricultural cooperation a focus for minister during India trip
Minister for trade and agriculture Damien O'Connor is meeting with counterparts in India this week to strengthen trade relationships.
Midday Rural News for 19 September 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Rules to protect fertile land sweet relief for apple growers
Moves to shield fertile land from the growing urban creep has come as sweet relief to apple growers. A newly released national policy statement now requires councils to identify, map and manage… Audio
Growers pleased by new safeguards for fertile farmland
A Pukekohe grower says new safeguards for fertile farmland will help the Auckland suburb continue to serve as a food bowl. A newly released national policy statement now requires councils to identify… Audio
Morning Rural News for 19 September 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Government releases National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land
The government has taken a step towards protecting the country's most productive land from urban development by releasing the statement, aimed at ensuring such land can be used for growing vegetables…
