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Farming 101 What's a dag
In this first episode of Farming 101, we check in with sheep grazier Peter Crook to find out about dagging. Audio
Country Life for 18 October 2024
This week Country Life meets a keen gardener in the Far North, hops in the sheepyards to learn about dagging and we talk farm emissions with a sheep and beef farmer in Wairoa. Later we take a look… Audio
Country Life Friday 11 October 2024
This week Country Life joins the Girls Who Grow programme helping bridge the urban-rural divide and get more young women into the primary sector and the team meet two North Canterbury hunters helping… Audio
Dig This - Grow Hub ignites teens' interest in horticulture
Ag classes at school sometimes get a bad rap but a new learning hub at a Bay of Plenty college is turning that around. Teens in the heart of kiwifruit country are being trained up for a career in… Audio
On the Farm for 4 October 2024
A monthly look at conditions on farms and orchards around the country. Audio
Full Episode for Friday 4 October 2024
This week Country Life checks in on Miley sheepdog in training - and joins Katikati College students learning more about a future in horticulture. Audio
144 Islands - A Northland vineyard inspired by vines from days
Old grape vines clambering over a tumbledown shed were the start of Jake Dromgool's own wine-growing venture 144 Islands. He grows a dizzying array of varieties on the volcanic soils outside Kerikeri.
…Full Episode for Friday 27 September 2024
This week Country Life is in a vineyard in Northland and heads to a farm on the Hurunui River, where off the beaten track tourism is sustaining two generations of sheep farmers. Audio
From selling shoes in China to sprouting microgreens in Te Puke
Kali sold shoes in China before coming to NZ. She discovered her green fingers just out of Te Puke where she has joined forces with her daughter to grow microgreens. Audio
Country Life Friday 20 September 2024
This week Country Life meets a mother and daughter duo who's microgreens business is going from strength to strength and they head to a North Canterbury dairy farm which is using crops to mop up… Audio
The inside skinny on China's consumers from Mark Tanner
Mark Tanner knows what people in China are consuming. He's the founder of China Skinny, a market research company based in Shanghai, and talks to Country Life about trends in NZ's largest market. Audio
Country Life for Friday 13 September 2024
Country Life talks to an expert on China's consumer market, meets a former high-flyer in the dairy world who's now farming a very different sort of protein and checks in on a niche rural business… Audio
"It's lovely planting new trees and making nature"
Children are planting trees to recreate the understorey of remnant ancient forest on the edge of a South Wairarapa river. It's the second story in a series about the Ruamahanga Farm Trust which wants… Audio
Adding birds to the farmer's toolbox
The growing strips of plantings separating rivers and roads from farmland on the Canterbury Plains has piqued the interest of Dr Sara Kross, an expert in how to encourage biodiversity on farm. Audio