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Morning Rural News for 2 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Levy increase for NAIT farm animal tracing scheme cut back
Proposed increases in the levies farmers pay for a scheme used to track cattle and deer in biosecurity outbreaks has been reduced.
Midday Rural News for 1 June 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 1 June2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Chilled out cows could make more milk - study
Chilled out cows could make more milk.
That's the assessment from a study published in the Journal of Dairy Science, through a series of personality tests on cattle.
Researchers say understanding… Audio
The fight against mycoplasma bovis
New Zealand's on the brink of eradicating the devastating cattle disease mycoplasma bovis. But has it been worth it? Audio
Midday Rural News for 31 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
MPI investigates accusations of mistreatment of live export cattle
The Ministry for Primary Industries is investigating after photos and video emerged of stock being hit while being loaded onto a live export ship.
Morning Rural News for 31 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Auckland market gardeners say growers being squeezed by urban sprawl
Market gardeners in rural South Auckland say the growing loss of land in the area to developers is impacting on where they can grow crops, as urban sprawl continues to eat up the city's most…
King Country farmer chops his way to glory in Austria
A Taumarunui sheep and beef farmer has claimed the silverware at the timbersports world championships in Austria.
Dairy farmers can now recycle Teatseal syringe tubes
Dairy farmers looking to recycle a popular preventative treatment used at drying-off will be able to take the used plastic to their local vet for collection.
Midday Rural News for 30 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Government targets Māori agribusiness with $34m investment
The government is committing $34.5 million over the next four years to help Māori agribusinesses lift the productivity of their whenua.
Morning Rural News for 30 May 2022
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Energy from the sun fires up vege packhouse
Growing veggies is in Robin Oakley's blood. The fifth generation grower was running a three hectare market garden before he'd even finished school. He started Oakley's Premium Fresh Vegetables in 1999… Audio
Transforming the land is just the beginning
The Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise park is currently being built on 240 ha of land near Kaikohe. It is expected to create hundreds of jobs. Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
There's been a bit of badly needed rain in King Country and it has warmed up again after a very cold week last week. Farmers are getting into winter mode in Canterbury with stock starting on winter… Audio
A milestone marked for meat industry
Celebrations have been held this week to mark the 140th anniversary of the first shipment of frozen New Zealand lamb arriving in the UK. George Berry has been researching the history of that first… Audio
Country Life for 27 May
Country Life this week visits an avocado grove on Banks Peninsula, a spud grower in Canterbury using solar power and finds out about the Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise park being built near Kaikohe… Audio
