Country Life for Friday 29 April 2016

9:22 PM.Five and a half years ago a Hawkes Bay couple set up a boutique dairy company, Origin Earth. They collect cow and sheep milk from three very special farmers who pay great attention to their soils and… Read more Audio

9:14 PM.At half past four each Saturday morning Rodger Whitson packs 50 crates of leafy green vegetables and herbs and takes them to the Otago Farmers' Market. The former butcher has hung up his knife and now… Read more Audio, Gallery

9:05 PM.Jeff Sewell has recently returned from a stint in drought-stricken Victoria, Australia, where he spent his time pregnancy scanning 60,000 ewes. tags] Australian drought, sheep farming, ewe scanning Read more Audio, Gallery

9:10 PM.Northland dairy farmers are facing a real squeeze by banks, a Wairarapa farmer has buried more than 50 ewes seriously affected by facial eczema and, in the South Island, it's getting desperately dry… Read more Audio