Country

Pukekohe's potatoes are being harvested and Marlborough's pear crop is looking light so very little thinning's required. Audio

On Country Life tonight, farming couple struggle to get their heads around new rules and regulations, and a bank has gone to great lengths to ensure its staff and clients get to walk on woollen… Audio

Milk production is continuing to drop. Audio

Short-staffed farmers are relieved the border's reopening, but say they need workers sooner. Audio

The primary sector wants to know whether it can require staff to get vaccinated. Audio

In 2019 the Government announced the sector would have to start paying for emissions from 2025, and the industry was given time to develop a way to measure and price them. Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Angry farmers took to the streets on Sunday in their utes and tractors, blocking traffic to protest regulations they say are unworkable.

In Auckland, some vehicles displayed New Zealand flags and… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

Farmers and their townie mates are determined to keep pressuring the Government to back off what they see as unnecessary expensive change.

Driving tractors and utes, they clogged streets in all of… Audio

Breeding fast-growing chickens for meat means top-heavy birds stumbling around in giant sheds. But New Zealand doesn't have an option to grow them slowly.  Audio