Country Life for Friday 21 February 2014

9:05 PM.The National Convenor of the New Zealand Ewe Hogget Competition, Stephen Rabbidge. Audio

9:09 PM.The Hawkes Bay apple harvest is running a week early and the size and colour of the apples is superb, while in the South Island, tupping has started and hay and bailage is still being made. Audio

9:16 PM.Scion scientist Greg Steward talks about research that is going into growing native species as commercial forestry enterprises. There are some startling production figures for kauri growth rates in… Read more Audio

9:26 PM.Ten old orange tractors have been shipped across the Tasman to take part in a classic Aussie adventure around the South Island to raise money for children with cancer in New Zealand. Clink on this… Read more Audio

9:38 PM.Waikato dairy farmer Rex Butterworth runs a highly stocked operation near Walton and he's just spent near enough to a million dollars in new dairy farm infrastructure in an effort to lower his… Read more Audio