A Year On The Farm Series
A year on the farm: Lambing is in full swing on the Bird's hill block
The newborn lambs hide amongst gorse to escape the chilly winds and Alistair plants poplar poles on erosion-prone hill country. Audio
A year on the farm: 'The young bull's semen is not that active'
In this episode Alistair and Genna have empty heifers to deal with after their new bull delivers low pregnancy rates. Audio
A year on the farm: A tractor on crutches and a Wi-Fi drenching gun
The replacement heifer calves are drenched and weighed, mating gets underway in the sheep paddocks and the tractor needs urgent repairs. Audio
A year on the farm: Stoked to win four good practice farming awards
Genna says the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust Biodiversity Award acknowledges the couple's focus on protecting the 200 hectares of native bush on the property. Audio
A year on the farm: The calves get a health check
Oxford farmer Alistair Bird explains what happened on-farm in December and gets some calves ready for living on the hills. Audio
A year on the farm: Dagging the ewes to prevent flystrike
It's a hot day in the yards as Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird start the pre-summer task of crutching a mob of woolly sheep. Audio
A year on the farm: Tailing the spring lambs
A mob of bouncy lambs locate their baaing mums after having their tails docked by Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird. Video, Audio
A year on the farm: Off to the local bull sale
In this new series, Alistair and Genna Bird share the ups and downs of farming life across the four seasons. In part one, Alistair heads to the Timberlea Angus bull sale in search of a fine yearling… Video, Audio