Country Life for Friday 4 May 2018

9:32 PM.Converting to organics has been a rewarding challenge for filmmaker and farmer Gaylene Barnes and her brother Andrew. They grow vegetables commercially on the family farm at Highbank in Canterbury… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:16 PM.Marlborough Sounds sheep farmer Noel Moleta is turning his hand to growing hops after purchasing a 122-hectare property near Tapawera. So far he has planted 14 hectares and another 15 are going in… Read more Audio

9:27 PM.Susan Murray checks in with an apple harvesting gang and an apple orchardist who says proposed wage increases will cost him an extra $75,000 dollars a year. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Farmers and software design boffins are getting together this weekend to find solutions to farming problems. Read more Audio

9:11 PM.Many North Island areas received good volumes of welcome rain last weekend, some dairy herds are being dried off and the South Island feijoas, apples and kiwifruit are filling Tasman's cool stores. Read more Audio