Transparency vital to possible revival of sheep farmers' wool levy, Federated Farmers says
Published: April 29, 2026 04:45
Farmers voted out the NZ Wool Board and its levy in 2003, but with wool profits up after a tough few decades, will it return?
🦜 RNZ Country Headlines
@www.rnz.co.nz.news.country@rss-parrot.net
I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.
---
The Latest Country headlines from RNZ News
Site URL: www.rnz.co.nz/news/country
Feed URL: www.rnz.co.nz/rss/country.xml
Posts: 10
Followers: 1
New Zealand and Australia collaborate on fuel, fertiliser pressures with agriculture, aviation
Published: April 29, 2026 04:42
Australia acted 'hard and early' to secure diesel and urea fertiliser, while New Zealand tried to do the same but could have done better.
NZ Winegrowers joins global call for white wine emoji
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/593574/nz-winegrowers-joins-global-call-for-white-wine-emoji
Published: April 27, 2026 23:23
Red wine and champagne have emojis but there is currently no dedicated white wine version across digital platforms
Our Changing World: A taste for science
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/science-and-technology/593537/our-changing-world-a-taste-for-science
Published: April 27, 2026 17:41
Not too sweet, not too sour - there's a lot of testing behind the tasty fruit on our supermarket shelves.
Country Life: Hands-on high school agriculture
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/593389/country-life-hands-on-high-school-agriculture
Published: April 24, 2026 19:58
Geraldine High School is encouraging young people into primary sector careers.
Country Life: Halcombe remembers its Home Guard
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/593388/country-life-halcombe-remembers-its-home-guard
Published: April 24, 2026 19:41
Many small towns in New Zealand had their own "Dad's Army" during the second world war, with volunteers highly trained and committed, despite few resources.
'You can leave school and be on $70k in your first year': Report shows increase in farm worker wages
Published: April 24, 2026 00:56
A new report shows shows the average salary of a farm worker increased three percent across the 13 roles it tracked compared to 2024, to $72,778 a year.
French fashion house Chanel and NZ high country station team up
Published: April 23, 2026 01:01
The owners of Lammermoor Station will launch the joint venture with Chanel for the supply of its wool.
Hop farmers work to brew new markets; expand US, despite export hurdles
Published: April 22, 2026 21:52
Thirsty Americans enjoy New Zealand hops in their tap and bottled beers, but the market is now much more difficult and expensive for hop exporters to access.
'Pain' ahead for dairy farmers as prices ease
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/593083/pain-ahead-for-dairy-farmers-as-prices-ease
Published: April 22, 2026 00:37
Farmers are being warned to brace for a challenging next season after prices eased at the latest global dairy trade auction.