28 Apr 2017

Regional Wrap

From On the Farm, 9:10 pm on 28 April 2017
Ploughed and resown field April 2017

Ploughed and resown field April 2017 Photo: RNZ/Susan Murray

Lovely calm and sunny days, with cool nights, let North Island farmers and croppers get onto the land for cultivation or repair work, and the kiwifruit harvest had an uninterrupted week for a change. In Mid-Canterbury arable farmers are busy planting winter wheat and barley along with some late planted ryegrass for seed.