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Fieldays figures are out and while they are down it has to be said it was a very pleasant experience with enough people to make it interesting and not too many to make it a bit of a bun fight. Todd Charteris CEO of Rabobank NZ joins Mark Leishman on Round Up.

The Act Party unveiled its primary industries policies at Fieldays, with its Standing up for Rural New Zealand policy document announced by party leader David Seymour, MP Mark Cameron and ex-Fed Farmers president Andrew Hoggard and features scrapping the Zero Carbon...

Fonterra says the first year on the road for its electric tanker was a success, but there are challenges to overcome. The electric tanker started collecting milk in May last year for Fonterra’s Waitoa milk factory. It is part of Fonterra’s electric vehicle strategy,...

The Government will need to find around $1 billion to fund climate-related initiatives, as it isn’t getting the cash it was banking on from the Emissions Trading Scheme. On Wednesday, the Government was unable to sell the carbon units it put up for sale in its second...

Fieldays at Mystery Creek is the largest agricultural event of its kind in the Southern hemisphere. Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor is there listening to the all-important rural voice. He joins Mark Leishman for  Round Up.

Export earnings from our food and fibre sector are on track to set a new record high by the end of June. MPI says the latest situation outlook has export earnings at $56.2 billion dollars, which is a 2.3% increase on earlier projections.

New Zealand is officially in recession. Stats NZ has announced the .1% dip in the economy in the first three months of the year represented a second consecutive quarter of economic decline following a contraction of 0.7% in GDP in the last three months of 2022.

The Emmissions Trading Scheme is a hot topic with farmers right now. National party has just announced it would stop agriculture being added to the ETS, and wants to push back any decision about pricing farming emissions until 2030. Mark asked their Agriculture...

One of the first big announcements of the field days today is Prime Minister Chris Hipkins ruling out a tax on fertiliser. Hipkins says he doesn’t support a broad based tax that doesn’t provide the nuances that are inherent in He Waka eke Noa. He told the crowd at the...