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    Country Life for Friday 6 November 2015

    • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 October 2015
    • Next Episode: Friday, 13 November 2015
    • Food for Thought
    • Breeding Beauties
    • Stinging in the Rain
    • Guest - Katie Milne
    • Regional Wrap
    • Shemozzle
    • Farmyard Blues

     

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    • Food for Thought

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      9:30 PM.When Bruce and Denise McGill began farming organically 30 years ago they found that stock were just as healthy and production levels could be maintained, but they quickly learnt that the organic… Read more Audio

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    • Breeding Beauties

      rural farming

      9:18 PM.Ivan Fredrickson and his daughter Kylee Perrett have a favourite subject....Ayrshire cows. The red and white dairy cows make up just one percent of the national herd but for Ivan and Kylee they're the… Read more Audio

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    • Stinging in the Rain

      rural

      9:16 PM.Nelson-based Richard Toft has won a Conservation Innovation award from the World Wildlife Fund for his development of Vespex, an award-winning New Zealand designed wasp bait aimed at decimating the… Read more Audio

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    • Guest - Katie Milne

      rural farming

      9:05 PM.It's been a good year for West Coast farmer Katie Milne; first she was named Dairy Woman of the Year and this week won the rural category in the Women of Influence awards. Read more Audio

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    • Regional Wrap

      rural

      9:10 PM.The east coast of the North Island's had marvellous rain, and everywhere had a big temperature dip mid week. In the South Island cow mating is in full swing. Read more Audio

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    • Shemozzle

      12:00 PM.The Shepherd's Shemozzle is known as one of the most gruelling three-kilometre races, which challenges competitiors' fitness, mental strength and of course, relationships with their dogs. Rural… Read more Video, Audio

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    • Farmyard Blues

      12:00 PM.Last week after Cosmo's story about poet and farmer Ross Agnew we had competition to win two copies of his latest book called Farmyard Blues. There was a great response to the question “what was the… Read more Audio

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    • Previous Episode: Friday, 30 October 2015
    • Next Episode: Friday, 13 November 2015

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