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Composting barn better for cows and land, says Karamea farmer
7:23 PM.Frano Volkman's cows will soon be snuggling up on a thick bed of woodchips and sawdust in their new 6,300m2 composting barn. The organic fertiliser formed underneath Volkman's herd will be spread onto… Read more Audio
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On the Farm
7:07 PM.Wet conditions in Northland have not stopped all year destroying kumara crops. Arable farmers in Canterbury have been battling to get autumn-sown crops of winter wheat and barley in the ground as… Read more Audio
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Country Life for 2 June 2023
7:07 PM.Growing and brewing yuzu, a composting barn and Tom the Young Farmer, plus a round up of farming conditions around Aotearoa. Read more Audio
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Dairy farmer bridges cultural gap beside braided awa
1:32 PM.With the help of a cultural land advisor, North Canterbury farmer John Faulkner is creating a diverse mahinga kai - Māori food gathering site - on his riverside property. Read more Audio
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From Cockpit to Countryside: pilot cultivates aromatic acre
7:20 PM.With a spare acre or two wrapping around the house, Damian Paine's turned his paddock into purple. Acre Lavender Farm Read more Audio
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Tractors wanted to help farmers in Tonga
7:16 PM.If you've got an old Massey Ferguson tractor sitting in your paddock, the Pasifika Safe Shelter Trust would like to hear from you. Farmers in Tonga could do with them because ash from the huge… Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 26 May 2023
7:07 PM.Aeroplane pilot finds balance with lavender, Culverden dairy farm bridges cultural gap and tractors for Tonga plus the wrap of agricultural news Read more Audio
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Dairying with deer
5:32 PM.Hinds at Pāmu's Aratiatia deer milking unit are finishing up providing rich creamy milk for the season. Country Life is there at milking time to see how it's done. Read more Video, Audio
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Rural counselling fund drops as demand peaks
7:20 PM.The Rural Change Fund saw demand increase from 5 applications a week to 25. Now, when rural people need it most, the wellbeing programme has been put on pause. Read more Audio
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'Get your hands dirty!' says soil advocate and farmer
7:16 PM.Australian food writer-turned-food activist Matthew Evans was in North Canterbury last weekend talking to local growers about what keeps the earth, and us, healthy. Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Leah Tebbutt, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life for 19 May 2023
7:06 PM.Country life this week spends the morning in a milking parlour with a difference. All the stalls are highsided, tailored for the deer which are providing rich creamy milk. Also Australian chef and… Read more Audio
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Community concerned about wellbeing of Waiau River
7:32 PM.A dispute between the Waiau Rivercare Group in Southland and Meridian Energy over the health and flow levels in the Waiau River has been at a low ebb, but both parties are keen to bridge the gap. Read more Audio
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Adrian Worsley: The man behind the metal
7:20 PM.Adrian Worsley designs and constructs unique one-off sculptures from recycling scrap metal, tools and farm implements. Read more Audio
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Arthur Anae - from politics to farming chooks
7:16 PM.Arthur Anae sleeps four hours a night and wakes in plenty of time to get his free range eggs to market in person. The former politician never thought as a young boy from Samoa he would end up with two… Read more Audio
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Rural News Wrap
7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio
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Country Life Friday May 12 2023
7:00 PM.The banks are closing in over a troubled river, from scrap to sculpture, Arthur Anae - from politics to farming chooks and the Rural News Wrap. Read more Audio
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Remembering Ken the chicken champion
7:36 PM.Country Life turns back the clock ten years to our visit with the late Far North farmer Ken Vincent. Back in 2013, he'd been breeding chooks for 70 years. Read more Audio
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A year on the farm: A tractor on crutches and a Wi-Fi drenching gun
7:27 PM.The replacement heifer calves are drenched and weighed, mating gets underway in the sheep paddocks and the tractor needs urgent repairs. Read more Audio
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Future still uncertain for apple grower post Gabrielle
7:20 PM.Lesley Wilson lost her home and most of the apple crop just before harvest when floodwaters filled with logs and other debris swept through the orchard in Puketapu. Nearly three months on, the… Read more Audio
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On the Farm - a wrap of conditions on farms around the country
7:12 PM.Autumn in Manawatu has been one out of the box. As a result, farmers are taking a fair bit of feed into winter. There won't be much work being done on farms in Southland this weekend - duck shooting… Read more Audio
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Volunteers dig in at community garden
7:07 PM.Green-fingered locals in the Canterbury town of Kaiapoi love mucking in at their community garden. Read more Audio
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Country Life for Friday May 5 - 2023
7:07 PM.Chicken Champion, A Year on the Farm - Part six, Future still uncertain for apple grower post Gabrielle, Community gets behind organic garden and a wrap of the week's ag news. Read more Audio
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A natural ferment - it's the yeast we can do
10:32 AM.The winemaking process starts in the middle of the vineyard at Greystone Wines in the Waipara Valley. Juicy pinot noir grapes are poured into a large vessel among the vines and exposed to wild yeasts… Read more Audio