Rural News
1,503 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsComprehensive twice-daily coverage of rural events and people, including farming, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, trade, research and rural politics.
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Episodes
Midday Rural News for 17 April 2024
April 17, 2024 00:35 - 6 minutes - 5.82 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 17 April 2024
April 16, 2024 18:26 - 3 minutes - 3.18 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 16 April 2024
April 16, 2024 00:35 - 6 minutes - 6.07 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 16 April 2024
April 15, 2024 18:28 - 3 minutes - 3.47 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 15 April 2024
April 15, 2024 00:36 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 15 April 2024
April 14, 2024 18:30 - 3 minutes - 3.51 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 12 April 2024
April 12, 2024 00:38 - 6 minutes - 6.31 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 12 April 2024
April 11, 2024 18:30 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 11 April 2024
April 11, 2024 00:37 - 6 minutes - 6.14 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 11 April 2024
April 10, 2024 18:25 - 4 minutes - 4.11 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 10 April 2024
April 10, 2024 00:39 - 6 minutes - 5.6 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 10 April 2024
April 09, 2024 18:28 - 4 minutes - 3.7 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 9 April 2024
April 09, 2024 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.47 MBThe MetService has an orange heavy rain warning in place for the Westland District south of Hokitika, as well as Fiordland and Otago Lakes. Monique Steele has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 9 April 2024
April 08, 2024 18:26 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 8 April 2024
April 08, 2024 00:35 - 7 minutes - 6.52 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 8 April 2024
April 07, 2024 18:26 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 5 April 2024
April 04, 2024 23:36 - 7 minutes - 6.53 MBGisborne fishers are taking extra steps to protect Rock Lobster populations in a bid to protect the future of the fishery between Mahia, north to Gisborne and the East Cape - which was left battered by Cyclone Gabrielle last year. Monique Steele has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 5 April 2024
April 04, 2024 17:24 - 4 minutes - 3.77 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 4 April 2024
April 03, 2024 23:36 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBA leading sheep farming is giving up selling through wool auctions. Monique Steele has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 4 April 2024
April 03, 2024 17:27 - 4 minutes - 3.95 MBNews from the rural and farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 3 April 2024
April 02, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBDairy giant Fonterra claims it has a strong pipeline of suppliers from its competitor Synlait wanting to return to the co-op - amid turbulent financial times for the specialty milk producer. Monique Steele has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 3 April 2024
April 02, 2024 17:25 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 3 March 2024
April 02, 2024 17:25 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 2 April 2024
April 01, 2024 23:35 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBThe country's largest meat processor and marketer, Silver Fern Farms, has just reported a net loss after tax of $24.4 million for the 2023 financial year. Monique Steele has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 2 April 2024
April 01, 2024 17:27 - 4 minutes - 3.86 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 28 March 2024
March 27, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 5.73 MBAn over-reliance on supplying logs for China's once booming construction sector is biting, as demand dries up - pulling prices down as forestry exports are forecast to drop 9 percent. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 28 March 2024
March 27, 2024 17:29 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 27 March 2024
March 26, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 6.3 MBFarmers spending less is having flow-on effects in the regions, and it's been especially tough in Southland where some businesses have had to close down due to the economic downturn. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 27 March 2024
March 26, 2024 17:28 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 26 March 2024
March 25, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 6.29 MBAs part of the European Union Free Trade Deal, some cheese names like feta and gorgonzola will be protected so can't be used by New Zealand producers. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 26 March 2024
March 25, 2024 17:29 - 3 minutes - 3.1 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 25 March 2024
March 24, 2024 23:33 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBThe head of kiwifruit grower group NZKGI says growers are the most positive he's ever seen them at the start of a season. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 25 March 2024
March 24, 2024 17:27 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 22 March 2024
March 21, 2024 23:38 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MBA couple of days after saying pumping water into the dried up Greenstreet Creek was not a straight forward activity and would only be a temporary solution - the Canterbury regional council's chief executive gave farmers the greenlight to pump water into it yesterday afternoon. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 22 March 2024
March 21, 2024 17:30 - 4 minutes - 3.7 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 21 March 2024
March 20, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MBDrought has been declared in Canterbury and Otago. Minister of Agriculture Todd McClay made the announcement this morning alongside $70,000 dollars of funding for several Rural Support Trusts across the regions. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 21 March 2024
March 20, 2024 17:29 - 3 minutes - 3.19 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 20 March 2024
March 19, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 6.27 MBFarmers near the Greenstreet Creek on the outskirts of Ashburton say the Canterbury Regional Council sitting on its hands has resulted in the death of native fish and crayfish. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 20 March 2024
March 19, 2024 17:31 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 19 Mach 2024
March 18, 2024 23:35 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MBSome exporters are happy with the fast tracking of the EU free-trade deal saying it means they'll benefit from tariff removals this season, while others say the rushed process means issues won't be worked through. Sally Murphy has the rural news.
Morning Rural News for 19 March 2024
March 18, 2024 17:23 - 4 minutes - 3.69 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 18 March 2024
March 17, 2024 23:35 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBSix-and-a-half-thousand hectares of mainly mature plantation trees in the Central North Island were blown over or snapped in half last February. Crews have been working non-stop to salvage the wood since then and the operation should be complete by June. Sally Murphy has the business news.
Morning Rural News for 18 March 2024
March 17, 2024 17:28 - 3 minutes - 3.62 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 15 March 2024
March 14, 2024 23:37 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 15 March
March 14, 2024 17:29 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 14 March 2023
March 13, 2024 23:08 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Morning Rural News for 14 March 2024
March 13, 2024 17:29 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 13 March 2024
March 12, 2024 23:36 - 6 minutes - 6.38 MBNews from the rural farming sector. Cuts are coming for the Ministry for Primary Industries, but an MPI boss says it won't be to core frontline services like its quarantine officers, veterinarians or animal welfare officers, in efforts to reduce expenditure. The outlook for sheepmeat is worsening - with sheep farmers' profits expected to halve this season, due to lower lamb and mutton prices. Seven catchment groups are in for a 3.3 million dollar boost from the Government.
Morning Rural News for 13 March 2024
March 12, 2024 17:27 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MBNews from the rural farming sector.
Midday Rural News for 12 March 2024
March 11, 2024 23:36 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MBNews from the rural farming sector. Lake Opuha only has a week's worth of water left. The dam near Fairlie which generates electricity for the national grid and supplies water to 16-thousand hectares of farmland - is sitting at just 10 percent of operational capacity. New Zealand scientists are set to share the secrets of horticultural export success with Vietnam. Federated Farmers is pushing ahead with its call for an independent inquiry into rural banking.