Farming
On the Farm - a wrap of conditions around the country
Apple growers in Hawkes Bay are busy pruning trees and pulling out old blocks. Further south, farmers on the West Coast are feeding out silage, moving breaks and getting ready for calving. Audio
Country Life for Friday 5 July 2024
Country Life looks at a farming system known as agrivoltaics where traditional agriculture runs alongside solar farming and Cosmo's at a sheep breeders field day on Banks Peninsula, to find out how… Audio
New Zealand wool's triumphant return?
After years of struggle, international tariffs have been lifted from New Zealand wool, and a new education programme on wool dynamics has been announced for school students. Audio
Vege growers lettuce see inside new state-of-the-art facility
Tucked away on a side street, a South Taranaki business has cut the ribbon on a 900 square metre state-of-the-art tunnel house.
High pet ownership in China contributes to turnaround in sheep milk fortunes
Green shoots of confidence are returning to the fledgling sheep milk industry.
Farmers warned customers' 'voices getting louder' for emissions action
Farmers have been told if they snooze when it comes to reducing emissions they'll lose.
Midday Rural News for 2 July 2024
News from the rural farming sector. Farmers have been told if they snooze when it comes to reducing on-farm gas emissions they'll lose. Rabobank chief executive, Todd Charteris was speaking about… Audio
'Things are tight right now for farmers' - ETS changes welcomed
The government's decision to delay pricing agricultural emissions and scrap the sector-led He Waka Eke Noa - Primary Sector Climate Action Partnership - initiative has been welcomed by Taranaki…
Open-ocean project approved to trial new technologies to farm finfish in Tasman Bay
An open ocean project to trial new technologies for farming finfish has been granted consent to go ahead in Tasman Bay, near D'Urville Island.
Kaputī and kaitiakitanga in Taemaro Bay
Sandra Heihei is the 17th generation of her family living in remote Taemaro Bay. She and her husband Alfonso live off grid and are among kaitiaki of this ancestral coastal land. Passing on knowledge… Audio
Compost replaces chemical fertilisers on South Otago dairy farm
Regenerative farming suits Mark Anderson down to the ground. He's focused on putting as much life and diversity back into the land and says the benefits to the entire farm, and his own well-being, are… Audio
Bringing kiwi back to the capital: A national taonga returns to Wellington
A night out tracking the new kiwi which call Wellington, and Terawhiti Station, home with the Capital Kiwi Project team. Audio
Rural News Wrap
A round-up of the week's agricultural news from RNZ's rural news desk. Audio
