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Morning Rural News for 11 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 10 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Central Otago orchards concerned they won't have enough staff this season
Some Central Otago orchards are scrambling to find enough staff with less than a month until harvest.
Morning Rural News for 10 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Midday Rural News for 9 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Wine exports up despite smaller harvest
Strong export performance helps buffer industry from domestic challenges.
Morning Rural News for 9 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Top of Northland's move to level 2 not welcomed by all
A six-week-old baby with Covid-19 has been admitted to Whangārei Hospital as infections in Northland climbed by five.
Despite that, Cabinet has agreed to move the top of Te Tai Tokerau out of… Audio
Midday Rural News for 8 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 8 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Healthy earth makes vegan farmer happy
Sharing produce and growing know-how is rooted in Vanya Maw's philosophy. She's been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that grows with passion and pride. Audio
Making farming work - one couple's journey to farm ownership
Gaynor and Colm Tierney bought their dairy farm nine years ago. They didn't start farming it themselves until last season. Audio
Farm Talk - Conversations with farmers around the world
Benthem Farms in northern Michigan farms 2500 cows. They're milked three times a day and housed year round. In winter temperatures can drop to -28 degrees C. Audio
On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Damaging winds around Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty have blown over shelter trees in kiwifruit orchards and whipped flowers off the vines. On the West Coast of the South Island mating is going well on… Audio
Country Life for 5 November 2021
On Country Life, a wrap of farming conditions around NZ; Farm talk with Benthem Farms in Michigan and Vanya Maw has been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that… Audio
Midday Rural News for 5 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Morning Rural News for 5 November 2021
News from the rural and farming sector. Audio
Farmers need support to adjust to increase in dry conditions, reports say
Regional councils and primary sector bodies are being told they need to act now to better support farmers to grow food under increasingly dry conditions.
Some farmers out of step with more stringent winter grazing rules - report
Regional councils are taking winter grazing more seriously but there are still some farms not demonstrating good practice, a new report has found.
'Revolution in nutrition': Fonterra hopes to boost health benefits of dairy products
Fonterra has announced a deal for the design of dairy products that incorporate targeted release of specific nutrients.
