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News Wrap | Power prices hit rural pockets
Skyrocketing power prices are hitting farmers and processors hard. Senior reporter Richard Rennie says it looks like a challenge that will be here fo…
1 year, 10 months ago
Feds Focus | Feds cheer changes to drinking water regulations
Federated Farmers is celebrating regulatory changes that exempt those who supply drinking water to fewer than 25 people from costly and time-consumin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Full Show | 9 August
A feature documentary film, Six Inches of Soil, has been screening in NZ cinemas recently. It follows three young British farmers through their first…
1 year, 10 months ago
Feature | Making topsoil top of mind
A feature documentary film, Six Inches of Soil, has been screening in NZ cinemas recently. It follows three young British farmers through their first…
1 year, 10 months ago
News Wrap | Meat processors take stock as flock numbers fall
Senior reporter Neal Wallace says there are big challenges ahead for the red meat sector as it grapples with lower stock numbers and over-capacity. O…
1 year, 10 months ago
Feds Focus: Federated Farmers get a win for migrant workers
Ongoing issues farmers have been having when trying to clear migrant workers through immigration appear to have been fixed, with a stopgap measure in…
1 year, 10 months ago
Full Show | 2 August
Bryan talks with JD Roussouw, head of vegetables research and development at Bayer Crop Science, in his only NZ interview, about how new genetic tech…
1 year, 11 months ago
Feature | Genetic tech drives new vegetable seed varieties
Bryan talks with JD Roussouw, head of vegetables research and development at Bayer Crop Science, in his only NZ interview, about how new genetic tech…
1 year, 11 months ago
News Wrap | Plantain efficacy as nitrate buster questioned
Senior reporter Richard Rennie dials in to explain the fuss over plantain. A new scientific study suggests it’s not the nitrate busting weapon we tho…
1 year, 11 months ago
Feds Focus | Farmer confidence still in the doldrums
Federated Farmers president Wayne Langford outlines the results of the latest rural confidence survey, which paints a dismal picture of farmer sentim…
1 year, 11 months ago