Country Life for Friday 28 August 2015

9:30 PM.Ecological protection goes hand in hand with farming at a 550 hectare coastal property on Banks Peninsula. Cosmo Kentish-Barnes meets Oashore farm manager Kate Whyte, who has safeguarded the last… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:20 PM.Holmes Warren is described as " the father of the modern Romney", the breed which is the base of the New Zealand flock. In the 1950's ad 1960's when others bred for wool, Holmes was breeding for… Read more Audio

9:16 PM.After thirty years covering rural happenings for Radio New Zealand National Kevin Ikin is retiring. He says his best memories are the wonderful, resourceful, feet on the ground, farming people he's… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 PM.Agricultural consultant Phil Journeaux says in the past ten years dairy farmers, on average, have made $2100 a hectare compared with sheep and beef farmers who've made just $100 a hectare. At present… Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Houses will soon be sprawling over vegetable producing land around Pukekohe, banks in Northland are advising some dairy farmers to sell up, while in the South Island frosts are keeping soil… Read more Audio