Rural Delivery

G Series Final. In this episode: Dairy farmer Tracy Brown and the Dairy Environment Leaders Programme. Environment leader John Hayward promoting best dairy farming practices. And the group of friends behind Good George Brewing.

G Science behind research to reduce methyl bromide use in forestry exports. A family-owned honey operation built from bee-keeping enterprises. And building a "land to brand" strategy at Melita Group.

G Developing software solutions for the apiculture industries at MyApiary. Understanding dairy production systems on peat soils in Waikato. And discovering what's possible in pinot noir production.

G Filling the seasonal labour shortage at harvest time in Marlborough. Subterranean clover management on a dryland hill country station. And diversifying from apples to blueberries in Hawke's Bay.

G Plant and Food Research lead a bio-assault on the apple pest, codling moth. Creating more sustainable use of water and power on vineyards at SWE. And a visit to boutique wine company, Te Whare Ra.

G Searching for an effective control for the Tomato Potato Psyllid in glasshouses. A visit to Stonyhurst in North Canterbury. And how a passion for truffles led to a new enterprise at Limestone Hills.

G Creating a high value sustainable sheep dairy industry in New Zealand. A visit to the largest certified organic vineyard in the country. And growing and processing gourmet poultry in Canterbury.

G Reducing the use of oil-based plastics in the wine industry at Scion. Meeting environmental and economic challenges of farming hill country in Hawke's Bay. And a potential new use for a milk protein.

G Increasing yield and reducing disease in potatoes with mesh covers. Containing the spread of catfish in our waterways. And building populations of leafcutting bees, the super-pollinators of lucerne.

G Searching for the genetic markers for the structure of wool at AgResearch. A visit to a sheep station-turned conservation classroom in Hawke's Bay. And discovering the many uses of Miscanthus grass.