Rural

In this first episode of Farming 101, we check in with sheep grazier Peter Crook to find out about dagging. Audio

If you're heading to the Far North via State Highway 1, you might spy Daphne Andrell busy at work in her garden. You can't really miss her patch of unusual plants - some spiky and drought-loving… Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Audio

This week Country Life meets a keen gardener in the Far North, hops in the sheepyards to learn about dagging and we talk farm emissions with a sheep and beef farmer in Wairoa. Later we take a look… Audio

In today's episode, Timaru Council has launched a taskforce to help affected workers find new jobs after Alliance Group today confirmed its Smithfield meatworks will close with a loss of 600 jobs; the… Audio

It has been a stressful few weeks for the 600 employees at Timaru's Smithfield plant after owner Alliance revealed its proposal last month to close the 139-year-old site. Adam Burns reports. Audio

Girls who Grow: The new education programme helping empower the next generation of wahine in agriculture recently launched across the wider Wellington and Horowhenua region targetting girls from urban… Audio

Hunters for Hope's Steve Hill and Adam Kreisel turn surplus venison from hunters and farmers into high-protein food parcels for low income families. Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Audio

This week Country Life joins the Girls Who Grow programme helping bridge the urban-rural divide and get more young women into the primary sector and the team meet two North Canterbury hunters helping… Audio