Cosmo Kentish Barnes

A West Otago couple were so sick of seeing so much synthetic clothing around they decided to do something about it. Waitahuna West sheep and beef farmers Murray and Julie Hellewell are making jerseys… Audio

Country Life this week speaks to a couple who have developed avocado varieties they say NEVER produce a dud, takes a tour of a grand historic home in Rangitikei and talks to an Otago couple making the… Audio

A cropping farmer at Sheffield in Canterbury is milling his own wheat and selling the flour to bakers around the country. Marty Scurr imported a stone mill from Austria last year and installed it in… Video, Audio

Country Life this week visits a cropping farmer at Sheffield in Canterbury who is milling his own wheat and selling the flour to bakers around the country and heads off for a day out with a pack of… Audio

Gisbonre Wine, Andy Geissmann from Waikato Milking Systems, Robotics Plus, jobseekers get a taste of farming life at Taratahi and the Regional Wrap Audio

A farm based wool carding business in Central Otago sends fibre ready for spinning to customers as far afield as Russia. Barb and Stuart Peel's carding machine was built in England in 1951 and was… Audio

Carol Stiles pops in to a pilot farm in Waikato where cows are wearing high tech collars which keep them behind virtual fences and Cosmo KentishBarnes is in Otago with a second generation pig farmer… Audio

Hungry lambs in Rangitikei are starting to put pressure on the amount of grass left for their mums and Nelson and Marlborough are already getting desperately dry. There's been historic low rainfall in… Audio

Country Life this week follows a cow podiatrist tending his patients' feet. It can be a mucky job but enormously satisfying! And Dr John Hellstrom talks about how the Marlborough Sounds is fighting… Audio

This week on Country Life, Dana Thompson and her family are living off the land in South Otago and helping others who want to do the same. She shares what she has learned in a weekly blog and a vlog… Audio