Country Life

The West Coast had a good dollop or rain this week but generally there's been fine spring weather around the country which has got grass pulsing and helped lamb survival rates. With buds bursting on… Read more Audio

Dairy farmer and rugby coach Blair Mirfin chats to Cosmo Kentish-Barnes about club rugby on the Coast and who'll do well in Japan. Read more Audio

From Farm to Fridge, looking for truffles, a rugby playing farmer and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

When the magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook North Canterbury nearly three years ago, a 3.5-metre high wall of earth formed on Dave and Rebekah Kelly's sheep and beef station. The 'Wall of Waiau' – as it's… Read more Audio, Gallery

A century ago the Booth family set aside a paddock at their farm Middlerun for daffodils to raise money for charity and the fundraiser is still going strong. Read more Audio, Gallery

Dr David Chagne and his team from Plant and Food Research are working on ways to speed up improvements consumers and industry want to see in our plants and crops.. Read more Audio

Gisborne has had the rain it's been waiting for. Hoggets have been going through the shearing sheds in Central Otago. Lambing is underway and a minus seven degree frost on Monday had the babies… Read more Audio

Picking up the fence posts - Post earthquake farming in Waiau, Guarding the daffodils, Choosing the Right Genes and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

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

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

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

The value of New Zealand's third largest horticultural export crop is growing. Read more Audio