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Livestock Auctions go Virtual due to Covid Lockdown
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…
AudioCountry Life for Friday 3 April 2020
An online auction platform for livestock, low emission grass, an annual farmers' tour and the regional wrap.
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Country Life for Friday 3 April 2020
An online auction platform for livestock, low emission grass, an annual farmers' tour and the regional wrap.
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Swapping Chromebooks for knitting needles
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… Audio
Swapping Chromebooks for knitting needles
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…
AudioFull Episode for Friday March 20 2020
Country Life heads to Manawatu and drops in on New Zealand's first spirulina farm which grows the bright green protein-rich superfood from tiny algae. Audio
Full Episode for Friday March 20 2020
Country Life heads to Manawatu and drops in on New Zealand's first spirulina farm which grows the bright green protein-rich superfood from tiny algae.
AudioFull Episode for Friday March 13 2020
It Starts with the Soil, A finishing farm for lambs, The 90s File, Kiwifruit harvest gets underway and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Full Episode for Friday March 13 2020
It Starts with the Soil, A finishing farm for lambs, The 90s File, Kiwifruit harvest gets underway and the Regional Wrap.
AudioOne year since the Christchurch Mosque Attacks
Reza-Abdul Jabbar owns a 349-hectare dairy farm in Southland and is Imam of the world's southernmost mosque in Invercargill. Last March, when he featured on RNZ's Country Life programme, he talked… Audio
One year since the Christchurch Mosque Attacks
Reza-Abdul Jabbar owns a 349-hectare dairy farm in Southland and is Imam of the world's southernmost mosque in Invercargill. Last March, when he featured on RNZ's Country Life programme, he talked…
AudioFull Episode for Friday March 6 2020
Teat Spray and Tackles, One year since the Christchurch Mosque Attacks, Young farmers proud to be part of Open Farms event, Dairy farm sales plummet and the Regional Wrap.
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Full Episode for Friday March 6 2020
Teat Spray and Tackles, One year since the Christchurch Mosque Attacks, Young farmers proud to be part of Open Farms event, Dairy farm sales plummet and the Regional Wrap.
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AudioFixing up farms after the flooding
The clean-up continues for farmers whose land was flooded by the Mataura River in Southland. Jon Pemberton had 20 hectares of land under water at Brydone. When it receded he was left with a metre of… Audio
Fixing up farms after the flooding
The clean-up continues for farmers whose land was flooded by the Mataura River in Southland. Jon Pemberton had 20 hectares of land under water at Brydone. When it receded he was left with a metre of…
AudioFull Episode for Friday February 28 2020
Farmers in Southland continue mopping up after the Mataura River flooding, in the View from the Vines series grapes are ripening and birds need to be kept at bay and a look back at the Golden Shears… Audio
Full Episode for Friday February 28 2020
Farmers in Southland continue mopping up after the Mataura River flooding, in the View from the Vines series grapes are ripening and birds need to be kept at bay and a look back at the Golden Shears…
AudioEasy Pickings at North Canterbury Orchard
Paul Tapper has lived and farmed in the Rangiora/North Canterbury region for many years and with retirement looming, the PGG rural real estate agent has fulfilled a dream to develop a traditional… Audio
Easy Pickings at North Canterbury Orchard
Paul Tapper has lived and farmed in the Rangiora/North Canterbury region for many years and with retirement looming, the PGG rural real estate agent has fulfilled a dream to develop a traditional…
AudioRegional Wrap
Around Pukekohe, warm dry days have continued and growers have maintained the costly task of irrigating outdoor crops. Harvest is progressing well in Canterbury but, despite the dry weather, it has… Audio