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Morning Rural News for 13 February 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Fonterra lifts milk price forecast as dairy prices rise globally
The move follows a lift in demand for dairy products, primarily from the Middle East and South East Asia.
Midday Rural News for 12 February 2024
Fonterra has lifted its farmgate forecast milk price for this season by 30 cents to a new mid-point of 7-dollars-80 a kilogram of milk solids.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Processing delays possible as farmers hold livestock back - Alliance group
Farmers holding onto stock for longer may cause problems along the chain, a meat processor says.
Chinese New Year boosts demand for New Zealand cream cheese
Growing demand for cream cheese in China has seen Fonterra ramp up production at its Darfield site in Canterbury.
Morning Rural News for 12 February 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Heaps of good advice for the perfect compost
Edible Backyard gardener Kath Irvine is evangelical about the benefits of homemade compost. It's tempting to just buy a bag, but she reckons making your own is the secret to a bountiful and healthy… Audio
Will Chinese New Year deliver for Kiwi lamb and beef?
Companies are hopeful Chinese shoppers will buy New Zealand red meat this Chinese New Year.
More rugged than posh - playing polo the Kiwi way
Summer at a sportsground in Hawkes Bay means the thud of hooves and the knock of mallets under the hot summer sun. Audio
Green learning hub grows on red zone land
School students are helping turn quake-damaged red zoned land green again at the Climate Action Campus in Ōtautahi/Christchurch.
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A year after Gabrielle, "a little bit of a miracle"
A year ago the Wilson family's apple trees were bowled like nine pins when logs came crashing through stop banks and silt drowned many areas. Did the trees come good? Audio
Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Susan Murray. Audio
Country Life Friday 9 February 2024
Country Life this week - a chat with a Hawkes Bay apple orchardist one year on from Gabrielle, the Climate Action Campus in Christchurch and a polo match under the hot summer sun Audio
Midday Rural News for Friday 9 February 2024
Alliance is busy pushing lamb, beef and venison into China - just in time for Chinese New Year celebrations, which kick off later this month.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Scottish oat grower says NZ farmers should get credits for soil health
"The most important way farmers can reach net zero is to appreciate that soils can sequestrate carbon," says Scottish oat grower.
Morning Rural News for 9 February 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
At least 50 lambs dead after van and stock truck crash, overturning trailer
More than 300 lambs were on board and the driver is being praised for avoiding an even more serious collision.
Midday Rural News for 8 February 2024
Despite exporting more beef and sheep-meat last year than in 2022, the value was down 11 percent to just over $10 billion.
Monique Steele has the rural news. Audio
Morning Rural News for 8 February 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Audio
Value of red meat exports drops to $10b in 2023
Issues affecting the sector have been laid bare with exports worth 11 percent less compared to the year before.
