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Country Life for Friday 11 September 2009

  • Theresa Gattung Talks Wool

    9:05 PM.The wool industry's in crisis, where to from here? Audio

  • Regional wrap

    9:11 PM.Rain needed in the North Island while the weather's great for lambing in the South. Audio

  • African students

    9:16 PM.Lincoln University agricultural students Gillian Kabwe from Zambia and Ricki Madebele from Botswana talk about their research and life back home. Audio

  • Organics for Commercial Gain

    9:28 PM.Gray Baldwin used to be a fertiliser company CEO. He now runs an award winning organic farm near Putaruru, and says the conversion was solely commercial - to make more money from milk. The farm also… Read more Audio

(Top) Farm owners Gray, Heidi and Marilyn Baldwin. They got into organics to improve their bottom line. (Middle) Share-milker Hamish Putt who's using some of the organic lessons on his conventionally farmed property. (Bottom) Agricultural researchers Gillian Kabwe from Zambia and Ricki Madebele from Botswana.

organic family

organic sharemilker

African researchers