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Country Life for Friday 11 March 2016

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  • Rakaia Welcomes You - A Snapshot of a Mid-Canterbury Community
  • Dairy Payout Demoralising
  • New Zealand's Oldest Gumboots: Part Two
  • James Allen - Dairy Farmer Meetings
  • Regional Wrap
  • Rakaia Welcomes You - A Snapshot of a Mid-Canterbury Community

    rural Canterbury

    9:39 PM.The agricultural sector might be at a low ebb but in Rakaia, a rural township in mid-Canterbury, the community spirit is alive and kicking. With Liz Depree from the Rakaia Medical Trust, agricultural… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Dairy Payout Demoralising

    rural economy

    9:29 PM.Sharemilking couple Andrew and Michelle McPherson have a 540 cow herd on a farm near Te Awamutu in Waikato. With this week's massive milk solids payout drop to three dollars 90 a kilo of milksolids… Read more Audio

  • New Zealand's Oldest Gumboots: Part Two

    rural

    9:17 PM.Country Life is on the hunt for New Zealand's oldest gumboots. The oldest so far appear to be 64 or 65 years old, but today's stories cover the Dutch version of a gumboot, and a pair that would be… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • James Allen - Dairy Farmer Meetings

    rural farming

    9:05 PM.At a series of farmer meetings around the country, sharemilkers and the farm owners are being given possible strategies to help them cope with the massive dairy payout drop. About 50 farmers attended… Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    9:10 PM.Southern North Island coastal areas on both the west and east coast are extremely dry, and many South Island areas desperately need water too. Read more Audio

 

 

 

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 4 March 2016
  • Next Episode: Friday, 18 March 2016
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