Country Life

Trees, Bees and a Nice Cold Cider Please, Changing the way the family farms, Beefing up women's voices - a decade on, calf rearer Mark Bocock and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

On a busy day Jamie Sleep and his fish processing team at High Country Salmon near Twizel can fillet up to 200 salmon. Business operations manager Tracey Gunn says the farm employs 30 staff, produces… Read more Audio

Auckland company Aroa Biosurgery manufactures wound-care products made out of the lining of a sheep's stomach.  They're used in the United States and are successfully healing wounds that haven't… Read more Audio, Gallery

Towards the end of the week organic vege growers, artisan butchers, bread and cheese makers get busy preparing for farmers' markets around the country. There are 30 or so farmers' markets in New… Read more Audio

In Waikato a dairy consultant says it's been the best winter he can remember. A good week of weather in Canterbury has allowed cropping farmers to get on with planting spring barley. Read more Audio

Serving up Salmon, The Healing Power of Sheep, A New Chair for the Farmers' Markets Association and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

Dave and Anne Jordan say the world would benefit from the widespread planting and use of hemp. They have been working for more than a decade to build a hemp industry in New Zealand. Read more Audio, Gallery

Liz Duke is the riders co-ordinator and head coach at North Canterbury Riding for the Disabled. Her team of equine volunteers provide riding activities that increase the ability, strength and… Read more Audio, Gallery

Agricultural economist Barnett Sporkin-Morrison says there's been a growth in the availability of alternative proteins in the United States but not a wholsale shift away from meat. He says consumers… Read more Audio

It's been wet and warm in northern parts of the North Island. Lambs are appearing in Canterbury and calving is in full swing on dairy farms. Read more Audio

A Helping Hand from Hemp, Riding High in the Saddle, Alternative Proteins - What's at Steak? and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

Outspoken Southland farmer Ray McCrostie is on a quest to better understand and improve the land under his gumboots. He's lending a hand to Clint Rissman, a scientist who used to work for Environment… Read more Audio