Horticulture

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy Audio

A dry autumn will make for a tough winter for many farmers across the lower North Island, meanwhile it's made a great end to harvest with growers in Hawke's Bay and Marlborough busy pruning. Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy Audio

Country Life visits a food garden in Taranaki, where whānau are getting their hands in the soil and finding out how to sustain themselves from their own backyards. Audio

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

It's the last day of the kumara harvest at Dunsmore Gardens, a farm on the outskirts of Dargaville. It's also time to celebrate after the grower lost 99 percent of his crop last season. Audio

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

On the rural outskirts of Taupō a young couple have started a mushroom venture far removed from their previous life in Auckland. Maggie Tweedie took a trip to a small block of land amid the green… Audio

Many drought-declared areas have now had some rain, but farms still have very low pasture covers going into winter. There's been superb weather for the gold kiwifruit harvest in Bay of Plenty which… Audio

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

This year's annual Canterbury A&P show has been canned, while there's mixed results at the meatworks where venison sales have bounced back but lamb prices remain at historical lows, and new research… Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy. Audio

Morgan Kane moved back home when she lost her job at a tech start up. It was the start of her move, with her husband, into market gardening. She and her parents welcome the advantages of… Audio

Rain is still needed in many parts of the country. Hay and baleage is being trucked around to ensure stock get the feed they need. The grape harvest is well through in Central Otago with good yields… Audio

A round-up of the week's agricultural news with RNZ rural news reporter Sally Murphy. Audio

A declaration of drought for Otago and Canterbury unlocking new funding support for struggling farmers. Audio