Jason Prior is a beekeeper who produces up to 60 tonnes of honey a year, has a nursery that sells trees bees love and is about to plant 1000 cider apple trees.

Roscoe Taggart is a third generation farmer at Cust in North Canterbury. He took over the running of the family farm five years ago. The 28-year-old is phasing out the sheep breeding component of the farm his grandfather started in the late 50s so that he can focus more on cropping and precision agriculture.

It's 10 years since Lindy Nelson set out on a path which led to the Agri-Women's Development Trust, which has helped hundreds of women - and men now too - make change in New Zealand's primary sector and in rural communities.

It's 10 years since Lindy Nelson set out on a path which led to the Agri-Women's Development Trust, which has helped hundreds of women - and men now too - make change in New Zealand's primary sector and in rural communities.

Vegetable crops are on a bit of a go-slow in the Pukekohe district because it's been so wet and in Southland farmers are doing the rounds to check for cast ewes...

Mark Bocock rears 4500 calves a year at his property near Te Awamutu in Waikato. At this time of year he's working 12 hours a day, making 140 farm visits a week to pick up calves.

Trees, Bees and a Nice Cold Cider Please, Changing the way the family farms, Beefing up women's voices - a decade on, calf rearer Mark Bocock and the Regional Wrap.

On a busy day Jamie Sleep and his fish processing team at High Country Salmon near Twizel can fillet up to 200 salmon. Business operations manager Tracey Gunn says the farm employs 30 staff, produces 200 tonnes of salmon a year and, with nearly 400,000 visitors annually, the canal-side cafe at the farm has become a gourmet tourist attraction.

Auckland company Aroa Biosurgery manufactures wound-care products made out of the lining of a sheep's stomach.  They're used in the United States and are successfully healing wounds that haven't responded to other treatments.

Towards the end of the week organic vege growers, artisan butchers, bread and cheese makers get busy preparing for farmers' markets around the country. There are 30 or so farmers' markets in New Zealand and 24 of them belong to the Farmers' Markets Association which has a new chairperson.