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Kapiti distillers harvest kawakawa from their historic Wairarapa farm to make award-winning gin. They're also trialling growing juniper berries and planting more natives. Novel pest traps, a bottle… Audio

Wild Game owners Jordan and Varnnah Hamilton-Bicknell were named Supreme Winner in both the bacon and the ham categories of the 100% New Zealand Bacon & Ham Awards. Audio

RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's rural news. Audio

This week Country Life is in the bush picking kawakawa destined for artisan gin, a Bay of Plenty farmer recounts his story improving the land and his own mental health and - with the lambing season… Audio

R-CALF USA, the largest body representing producers of cattle and sheep in America, says the sheep industry there has been decimated over the last three decades with an explosion of lamb and mutton… Audio

Police in south-west Waikato are urging farmers to check for missing stock as they ramp up their search for runaway dad Tom Phillips. Mr Phillips and his three children, Jayda, Maverick, and Ember… Video, Audio

Punnets of kiwifruit have been recalled in the US - over listeria concerns.

Zespri says the fruit has been traced back to two orchards - so all the fruit from them is now on hold - which is about… Audio

The paddocks on James Thompson's city limits sheep farm are starting to look like the arrivals lounge at Christchurch Airport during the school holidays. Audio

This year was the first auction of HAIRY sheep. They're called 'Nudies' sheep you don't have to shear, dock, or dag And with farmers not fetching a high price for wool at the moment, it might be a… Audio

News from the rural farming sector. Audio

Some confronting footage of effluent from a pig farm overflowing into a stream has been released by Waikato Regional Council.

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

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Wool was once the backbone of our agriculture industry, but now farmers are struggling to make a buck from it. What happened? Audio

An advisor says many farmers will be working 50 hour weeks for the rest of the year without taking home a paycheck due to falling commodity prices.

Schedules for sheep and beef continue a downward… Audio