Country Life

We meet a keen gardener in the Far North, hop in the sheepyards to learn about dagging and talk emissions with a sheep and beef farmer in Wairoa. And later we take a look back in the archives with a rural postman on his rounds.

In a trip to the archives we join rural delivery man Doug Wilson on his 100-kilometre daily run around the big stations around Taihape, from a feature produced in 1985 by the team from long-running RNZ show Spectrum.

A changing climate and shifting land use has prompted Wairoa sheep and beef farmer Dave Read to develop a new breed of low-input sheep.

In this first episode of Farming 101, we check in with sheep grazier Peter Crook to find out about dagging.

If you're heading to the Far North via State Highway 1, you might spy Daphne Andrell busy at work in her garden.

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

We join Girls who Grow helping bridge the urban-rural divide for young women and meet two Canterbury hunters supplying local food banks with wild venison mince.

Girls who Grow: The new education programme helping empower the next generation of wāhine in agriculture.

Hunters for Hope's Steve Hill and Adam Kreisel turn surplus venison from hunters and farmers into high-protein food parcels for low-income families.

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

This week Country Life checks in on Miley the sheepdog in training and joins Katikati College students learning more about a future in horticulture.

Teens in the heart of kiwifruit country are being trained up for a career in horticulture through the Grow Hub at Katikati College.

We check back in with Miley the Huntaway pup and her trainer Chris Shaw to see what progress she's made over the last few months.

A monthly look at conditions on farms and orchards around the country.

Ocean views makes harvesting of iceberg lettuce and broccoli a lot more pleasant for Ben Scott and staff at his winter grown vegetables farm in North Canterbury.