Country Life for Friday 17 June 2016
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Ewe Milk Sheep
9:40 PM.Southland is home to one of the largest sheep milking operations in the world. Antara Ag Farms runs approximately 14,000 milking ewes across three properties. All the milk is processed at the Blue… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Waiting for Christmas
9:27 PM.Milking machine manufacturers are changing their focus while they wait for the dairy pay-out to pick up and for New Zealand farmers to invest in new milking systems. Read more Audio
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Sweet Success
9:13 PM.Zespri CEO Lain Jager says the co-operative is looking to export even sweeter fruit next season. It's been a good year for kiwifruit growers with returns sitting around $50,000 per hectare for green… Read more Audio
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Tokotea Tomatoes Tempt Tastebuds
9:21 PM.In New Zealand we spend about $100 million a year on fresh tomatoes, by value it's the number one seller. Most of the fresh tomatoes are grown in hothouses and only a handful of growers, generally… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap with Young Farmers
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Dairy farmers are enjoying the lull before calving begins next month. Winter shearing is underway in the north. Read more Audio, Gallery
