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Country Life for Friday 29 July 2011
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Gidday and Young Grower of the Year
9:05 PM.An employee of New Zealand's largest fresh market tomato grower, Status Produce from Pukekohe, has won the Young Grower of the Year competition, run by Horticulture New Zealand. 29 year old Ben Smith… Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:10 PM.After a chilly start to the week, the North Island ended up mildish and dry by Friday. The South Island's east coast around Christchurch and coastal Southland got snow, but inland areas were snow… Read more Audio
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Sheep Heaven - 20. Wool Cheque
9:17 PM.Sheep Heaven has more wool to sell. Some from the just shorn hoggets, and some lambs wool held from last spring. With basically a doubling in wool prices since January, will the wool cheque cover the… Read more Audio
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Nestling - A Baby Product Company
9:20 PM.For the third year, Rural Women New Zealand has offered an Enterprising Rural Women's award, and this year a company called Nestling was the North Island winner. Amelia Nurse went to visit Mari Fe… Read more Audio
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Brew Moon Brewery
9:31 PM.Kieran McCauley is the one-man-show behind Brew Moon, a brewery near Amberley in North Canterbury that produces a range of handcrafted beers. Audio
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Cornwall Park Farm
9:45 PM.Smack in the middle of some of the country's most expensive real estate is a full working farm. Cornwall Park and the farm within it have occupied the land around Auckland's One Tree Hill for more… Read more Audio
A somewhat justifiably upset cow enquiring as to why we are bothering her new born calf.
Nestling has won the North Island section of the 2011 Enterprising Rural Women Award.
Ben Smith, Young Grower of the Year
Selling wool from Sheep Heaven hoggets