Carol Stiles

Farmers in the north who were getting a bit twitchy with the lack of rain are pleased they can now almost see the grass growing after a good few millimetres in the gauge this week. Trading stock are… Audio

Carol Stiles pops in to a pilot farm in Waikato where cows are wearing high tech collars which keep them behind virtual fences and Cosmo KentishBarnes is in Otago with a second generation pig farmer… Audio

Hungry lambs in Rangitikei are starting to put pressure on the amount of grass left for their mums and Nelson and Marlborough are already getting desperately dry. There's been historic low rainfall in… Audio

Country Life this week follows a cow podiatrist tending his patients' feet. It can be a mucky job but enormously satisfying! And Dr John Hellstrom talks about how the Marlborough Sounds is fighting… Audio

Johan Buys is the Hoofman. His job is trimming the hoofs of the country's cattle. He caught up with our Country Life producer Carol Stiles while doing a spot of hoof trimming - or cattle podiatry as… Audio

It's been a kind spring so far with good lamb survival rates and a pleasing bud break in Hawke's Bay orchards but a lot more rain is needed around the country except in Southland and on the West… Audio

This week on Country Life, Dana Thompson and her family are living off the land in South Otago and helping others who want to do the same. She shares what she has learned in a weekly blog and a vlog… Audio

Katikati College in Bay of Plenty is set to become a "centre of excellence" for horticulture. The school has raised more than half the money needed to build the centre, which will aim to train… Audio

This week Country Life meets a Tapanui farmer who breeds head-turning cattle, visits an old dairy factory being saved from ruin and heads to Northland to meet a rural woman who wears many hats… Audio

There's huge concern about low aquifer levels around many North Island regions, and snow is blanketing Otago. Audio

Urban farming in the Hutt Valley helps feed hundreds, a kanuka honey natural healthcare product is to be sold in North America, a former airline pilot says many out-of-work colleagues will consider… Audio

The Hawkes Bay countryside has been transformed by winter rain. In the McKenzie Basin, merino shearing is underway. Audio

The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017 but every year volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush; a… Audio

Anna Blair Northland Bull farmer, Dairy Trainee of the Year from 2019, Phil Guscott talks farm succession. Audio

Regional wrap; a census of rare breeds in NZ; Free to Roam; An action-packed farm experience for urban kids; Feedback from listeners. Audio

Waikato and Taranaki dairy farms have never looked better at this time of year, and it's been relatively balmy in the deep south... Audio

Waikato and Taranaki dairy farms have never looked better at this time of year, and it's been relatively balmy in the deep south; Bringing More Kai to Kaipara; Sending fine wine to Finland; Made of… Audio

We're taking you to Northland, Bay of Plenty and to South Canterbury to hear about how kumara defied the drought, learn about a farmer-owned dam and meet a man who's devoted nearly half a century to… Audio

There's a huge feed deficit in Hawke's Bay despite the green landscape. Ag consultant Lochie MacGillivray, who heads the Rural Advisory Group, says farmers have a tough few months ahead of them. Audio