Country Life for Friday 8 December 2017

9:46 PM.Allan and Phil Oldfield are professional blade shearers from Geraldine. Shearing has taken Allan around the world in the past year. While shearing a mob of finn-cross sheep at Russell Brodie's farm at… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:27 PM.Clive Thompson's foray into mushroom growing started when he was at school. More than 50 years later he is still at it and now picks seven tonnes of mushrooms a week from his growing sheds near… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:19 PM.The Forest Owners Association says there are terrific opportunities for farmers to get into forestry now the government's announced an ambitious scheme to plant an extra billion trees in the next… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.John Grether grows 400 hectares of mandarins, lemons and avocados in California's Ventura County. For the time being his orchard is safe from the raging wild fires but some of the people he works with… Read more Audio

9:14 PM.The East Coast's been warm with no wind which farmers have loved but they're all mindful it's getting dry. That's not reflected in sale yard prices yet however, the store market for lambs and cattle… Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Blades of Glory, Meaty Mushrooms, Forests for Farmers, California Wild Fires and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio