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Midday Rural News for 3 December 2021
Fonterra has revised its forecast milk price range for the current season, with a record breaking midpoint of eight-dollars-seventy a kilogram of milk solids. Audio
Record low number of sheep measles cases detected
The disease, which can pass to sheep via tapeworm eggs spread through dog faeces, is being well managed thanks to on-farm controls.
Morning Rural News for 3 December 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 2 December 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 2 December 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Local councils fund report on land use issues
Local councils concerned that too much productive farmland is being converted to forestry are funding a report which they hope will show a way forward.
Midday Rural News for 1 December 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 1 December 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Rural contractor recommends hiring young people to build workforce
Chapman Agriculture owner Allan Chapman says the labour shortage has forced him to look closer to home.
Meat processing constraints creating delays for farmers
Farmers are facing delays in getting stock to the works as the brakes well and truly come off the cattle kill - with some facing wait times of up to three weeks.
Midday Rural News for 30 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Māori agribusiness crop trials hold hopes for local employment
The project which started in 2019 involves the owners of 25 Māori land blocks which cover 18,000 hectares of land, with about a third suitable for livestock, horticulture or arable farming.
Morning Rural News for 30 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 29 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 29 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector with Sally Murphy. Audio
Just fed-up farmers? Or 'radical right in gumboots'?
Groundswell took over about 70 centres nationwide - briefly and pretty peacefully - in last weekend’s Mother of All Protests. But the picture the media painted of who they really are and what they… Audio
The Native Dairy Farmer
Dave Swney and Alice Trevelyan have converted a tennis court on a dairy farm into a native plant nursery. They're using as much recycled material as they can. Audio
Farming couple struggle to get their heads around new rules
Implementing farm environment plans has been at times confusing for Lees Valley farmers Craig and Marilyn Dalzell, so they've called on their son Alex to help out. Audio
Bank opts for woollen carpet
Rabobank is relocating its HQ to Waikato and its CEO insisted the new premises be fitted out with woollen carpet - even if it meant using a crane to lift the rolls onto the fourth floor. Audio
Farm Talk - Welsh farmer Iwan Francis
Welsh dairy farmer Iwan Francis uses New Zealand genetics. He says they produce cows with a superior ability to turn grass into milk. Audio
