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Vegetable growers warn of greens shortage
Winter salad days are well and truly over ...and there's a warning from vegetable growers you may struggle to find any spinach, rocket or mesclun leaves on the shelves at all..
A cold and wet winter… Audio
Morning Rural News for 1 July 2022
News from the rural and farming sector with Kim Moodie. Audio
Dairy sector reaction to EU Free Trade Agreement
It's a deal four years in the making. New Zealand has secured a long-awaited free trade deal with the European Union.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and European Commission President Ursula Von Der… Audio
Country Calendar farmers caring for sheep upsetting for some
Classical musical piped into the shearing shed, white walls to better spot blood splatters and mattresses at the end of the sheep chute, on a certified carbon zero high country farm, has some people… Video, Audio
Midday Rural News for 30 June 2022
News from the rural farming sector with Kim Moodie. Audio
Reports troubled company New Zealand King Salmon being put up for sale
New Zealand King Salmon has shot down speculation that the company is being put up for sale.
Large-scale spirulina production helping improve returns on marginal land
A project looking into the viability of large-scale spirulina production in New Zealand is going well, with plans to move the production base to Palmerston North.
Early orders hit the nail on the head for busy fencing contractors
Fencing contractors say ordering materials two to three months in advance is now the new normal.
Morning Rural News for 30 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 29 June 2022
News from the rural farming sector Audio
Some leniency offered as first reporting of nitrogen fertilisers due
Dairy farmers are being reminded they have until the end of next month to report their use of synthetic nitrogen fertiliser.
Morning Rural News for 29 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 28 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 28 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Counting our farming emissions
Twenty years ago, he thought human-induced climate change was a load of rubbish. Now, George Moss' dairy farms are leading the way in counting - and cutting - greenhouse gas emissions. Audio
New record for a South Island bull
A South Island bull has broken a record and sold for ninety two and a half thousand dollars ($92,500).That's nearly ten times the average price. George Giddings from Meadowslea Farm talks to Jesse… Audio
Midday Rural News for 27 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector with Kim Moodie. Audio
Kiwifruit sector forecasts drop in profits
The kiwifruit sector is predicting lower profits this year, as yields drop and shipping costs continue to climb.
Morning Rural News for 27 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector with Kim Moodie. Audio
Healing Māori land through hemp
Isaac Beach felt like Neil Armstrong on the moon when he first stepped foot on a block of land he's now planting up with hemp. The crop is part of efforts to heal the land and involve its Māori… Video, Audio
