Rural News

Dairy co-operative Fonterra has raised its forecast farmgate milk price for this season  - thanks to stronger demand for dairy.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

Palm kernel expeller, or PKE, is imported here from Indonesia and Malaysia to be used as supplementary feed on dairy farms.

The use of P-K-E has come under scrutiny in recent years due to its links… Read more Audio

National's Todd McClay is meeting with industry leaders and officials this week to fine tune policies and to plan how they'll be rolled out.

Monique Steele has the rural news. Read more Audio

From May next year China will stop accepting frozen velvet imports bound for its traditional medicinal market - deciding to use dried velvet only.

Sally Murphy has the rural news. Read more Audio

Far North Solar Farm wants to install enough solar panels to power a hundred thousand homes on 670 hectares of land that's currently used for dairy farming.

Sally Murphy has the rural news.

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