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12:34 PM.The single-desk kiwifruit exporter Zespri admits it was not nimble enough to deal with poor quality fruit late last year which threatened the reputation of the $4 billion industry.

Susan Murray has… Read more Audio

12:36 PM.A number of rural school principals nationwide are bucking the Government's plan to outfit 800 schools with synthetic flooring tiles - and are fundraising to purchase New Zealand wool carpet… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Honey producers are buzzing with Comvita's revenue increasing by $25 million.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A2 has today announced its financial results and its sales have risen by more than ten percent amid a challenging market.

Susan Murray has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A further price shock is rattling the rural sector as dairy giant Fonterra slashes its milk price forecast for the second time in a fortnight. 

Monique Steele has the rural news.

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12:36 PM.Conservation group Forest and Bird is calling on the fishing industry to put an end date on the controversial practice of bottom trawling. 

Monique Steele has the rural news.

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12:44 PM.New Zealand dairy farmers are gritting their teeth as global dairy prices nose-dive to a four-year low.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

12:35 PM.Rural services provider PGG Wrightson's annual profit has dropped by nearly a third with high debt and weaker real estate impacting returns.

Monique Steele has the rural news.  Read more Audio

12:35 PM.It's been six months since Cyclone Gabrielle hit the East Coast, and in the worst hit regions along the East Coast many farmers and growers are still in survival mode.

Monique Steele has the rural… Read more Audio

12:38 PM.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… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.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… Read more Audio