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Country Life for Friday 6 September 2019
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Schooling up the next generation of Kiwi farmers
4:40 PM.Every day, agriculture tutor Joe Steventon heads out to high schools around the lower North Island. He round up kids and take them out to the countryside to find out what's involved in working the… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Full Episode for Friday 6 September 2019
9:03 PM.Teenagers on the farm, Scandinavian horses, how the US China trade war's affecting NZ wool prices and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio
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NZ's Billion Dollar Spud Industry
9:07 PM.The value of New Zealand's third largest horticultural export crop is growing. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:10 PM.Rain has been welcomed in Hawkes Bay and in Otago farmers would like ewes to hold onto their lambs until the threat of snow passes. Read more Audio
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Trade War affects NZ Wool Prices
9:12 PM.The trade war between the US and China is being blamed for significant drops in fine wool prices, up to 35% compared with last year for some lines. South Island farmer Murray Scott says two thirds of… Read more Audio
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A Gentle Horse with a Wild Past
9:15 PM.Norwegian Fjord horses were domesticated about 4000 years ago and were famously used by the Vikings as war mounts in their travels to Scotland and Iceland. There's a small herd in New Zealand… Read more Audio