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Country Life for Friday 14 October 2016

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  • Global worming
  • Mussel farming In Marlborough
  • A Strong Start for Farmstrong
  • The Breakfast Egg
  • Regional Wrap
  • Global worming

    rural farming
    Worms glorious worms...

    9:36 PM.Orchard waste from around Central Otago feeds millions of composting worms at Robbie Dick's worm farm in Cromwell. The worms convert tonnes of edible waste into castings manure, an organic compost… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Mussel farming In Marlborough

    rural
    Marlborough Mussel Farm

    9:20 PM.John Young is one of New Zealand's pioneer mussel farmers. He's the head of Marlborough Sounds based business Clearwater Mussels, which operates a mix of company-owned, and shareholder-owned farms… Read more Audio, Gallery

  • A Strong Start for Farmstrong

    health rural
    Gerard Vaughan

    9:05 PM.The rural well-being programme Farmstrong is proving a hit with farmers. More than a thousand people are visiting its website each week. Read more Audio

  • The Breakfast Egg

    There are two kinds of eggs...

    12:54 PM.From fluffy chick to the breakfast table, the life story of an egg is explained by a man amusing his two enthralled sons with disappearing egg tricks. The 1926 film begins on a moralistic note; "There… Read more Video

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  • Regional Wrap

    rural farming
    Chicken

    9:13 PM.It's felt like summer on the east coast of the North Island this week, but farmers are still squelching around in paddocks over much of the island. In the south, farmers are getting crops in and lambs… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 7 October 2016
  • Next Episode: Friday, 21 October 2016
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