Bridget and Richard Neeson grow kiwifruit deep in a valley 40 minutes drive south of Taumarunui. The fruit gets plenty of winter chilling. Their crop is one of the last to be picked in New Zealand. And, a North Canterbury sawyer is milling the bearers and planks for the re-construction of the Governors Bay Jetty, from 200 tonnes of logs that come from a farm on Banks Peninsula.

Each year Palmerston North-based ag consultant Parry Matthews organises a tour for his clients. Scores turn up. This year they're in Waikato looking at handing a farm from one generation to the next.

UK seed company Germinal has been supplying our farmers with clovers and grasses for the past 15 years. Dairy farmer and agronomist Sarah Gard is general manager of its New Zealand operations. The 29-year-old says a key part of her work is running a plant breeding programme to develop low emission grass for local conditions. The aim is to improve livestock performance while reducing their carbon footprint.

As welcome rain dampens soils in many regions in time for winter sowing, farmers around the country share how they're coping with Covid-19.

An online auction platform is working with several livestock agencies to ensure sheep, lambs, dairy cows, cattle and deer can be bought and sold during the Covid 19 lockdown period. Bidr manager Tania Smith says the PGG Wrightson-owned platform has become an essential tool for the trading of livestock while saleyards around the country are closed.

An online auction platform for livestock, low emission grass, an annual farmers' tour and the regional wrap.

Crossbred wool is in Andrea Bulleid's DNA. She farms sheep and beef at Longridge North in Southland with her husband Chris. A frustration with poor wool prices and lack of education about wool led her to launching The Sheep's Back, an innovative business that promotes the fibre and teaches the art of knitting in primary schools.

It's nearly time for the walnut harvest at Nuts 'n May Orchard near Whanganui. The farm's also a heritage pig stud. When Sally Round visited Hel Loader in the spring, her trees were in bloom and her Berkshires were about to give birth.

The Covid-19 outbreak has meant tricky times for grape growers in the midst of harvest. There are fewer workers around to bring in the grapes and many winegrowers like John Douglas of Te Hera Vineyard were caught short as the country went into lockdown on Wednesday night.

Covid-19 is upsetting the labour supply for some harvests but a dollop of rain in certain drought stricken areas is cheering farmers up, although those in Marlborough are still begging for more.