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Sophie and Sam Hurley are turning some of their wool clip into bags, caps, wallets and laptop sleeves. They've been in business less than a year but orders are flying out the door - or rather rumbling… Audio

Farmers are starting to struggle in a drier than normal autumn in many places around the country. In Hawkes Bay apple picking conditions have been fabulous with fine, windless days. Audio

A group of tractor loving mates are driving their vintage Chamberlains around New Zealand to raise money for Heart Kids New Zealand. The charity provides essential support for families that have a… Audio

Deer farming in the roar, hunter gatherers who have honed their survival skills, an entrepreneurial farming couple who are now making caps and bags from their wool clip and the Regional Wrap.

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Film director James Cameron is defending his decision to graze hundreds of dairy cattle on his farm, despite being an outspoken critic of animal agriculture.

Cameron and his wife, environmentalist… Video, Audio

Farmers are being urged to think about how to adapt their systems to the changing climate. Audio

Kathryn meets Waikato vet, farmer, mother, and romance writer Danielle Hawkins. She has four bestselling rural romantic fiction books in print, and her new book Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail - is a… Audio

A new report paints a stark picture of the environment under relentless pressure with urban sprawl and dariy intensification swallowing up productive food growing land. Audio

Today farmer Steve Wyn-Harris talks to Jesse about the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, mass vaccinations on farms and track conditions in the Hawkes Bay. Audio

An environmental advocacy group says a new report shows farmers need to change how they produce food. The Environment Ministry and Stats NZ's Our Land 2021 -paints a stark picture of the environment… Audio

The country's best land for growing food is being eaten up by housing developments. That's one finding in the Environment Ministry and Stats NZ's Our Land 2021 - which paints a stark picture of the… Audio

The amount of highly productive agricultural land being lost to housing has increased massively since 2002. Audio

The government's decision to phase out livestock exports by sea has been met with despair by some in the agricultural industry.

There are fears the ban, which has a two-year transition period, will… Audio

News from the rural and farming sector. Audio

The clock is ticking on the live animal exports, with the government announcing a two-year phase out period.

It's scrapping the industry, it says, to uphold New Zealand's reputation for high… Video, Audio

The government is calling time on livestock exports by sea - saying New Zealand needs to protect its reputation and the welfare of animals.

The ban, which includes a two-year transition period, is… Video, Audio

Reaction to the Governemnt's ban on livestock exports by sea is starting to filter in. The Agriculture Minister this morning announced the trade will be phased out in the next two years. A review was… Audio