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Country Life for Friday 29 August 2014
On This Programme
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Totara Estate
9:29 PM.New Zealand's first shipment of frozen mutton was slaughtered at Totara Estate and sent to Britain from Port Chalmers in 1882. It was the beginnings of New Zealand's multi-billion dollar frozen meat… Read more Audio
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Blooming Gerberas
9:17 PM.Bernie Kay has been growing flowers commercially for 35 years. He grows 660,000 gerberas a year in Ramarama south of Auckland and has 4 hectares in irises. Read more Audio
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Intro and Guest
9:05 PM.Canterbury-based Lincoln University has entered into two new farming ventures in the North Island; one is with St. Peter's School in Cambridge. The school has its own dairy farm. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:10 PM.Around the North Island most farms have low pasture covers because it's been colder than usual and condensed lambing and calving has quickly pushed up demand for feed. Calving and lambing's in full… Read more Audio