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Country Life for Friday 28 October 2016

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 21 October 2016
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  • Laid to Rest
  • Treading lightly on the soil
  • NIWA: How Wet Are Our Soils?
  • Regional Wrap
  • Laid to Rest

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    Drybread Cemetery

    9:36 PM.Sitting in solitude at the foot of the Dunstan Range and looking out over the Manuherikia Valley, the Drybread Cemetery was run-down until local farmers Tony and Karen Glassford and Ross Naylor… Read more Audio, Gallery

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  • Treading lightly on the soil

    rural
    Bev Trowbridge  Muriwai Valley Farm

    9:20 PM.Organic farmer Bev Trowbridge believes biological and organic farmers are still viewed as a bit 'whacky' in New Zealand. Read more Audio

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  • NIWA: How Wet Are Our Soils?

    rural farming
    NIWA

    9:05 PM.Our guest this week is NIWA's principal scientist Chris Brandolino who's updating us on soil moisture conditions and what we can expect through to the end of the year. Read more Audio

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  • Regional Wrap

    rural farming
    Coalgate saleyards

    9:13 PM.Good sized yardings of cattle are coming forward in the North Island now the grass is starting to grow. Prices are high. New season store lambs are also fetching high prices which is surprising when… Read more Audio

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 21 October 2016
  • Next Episode: Friday, 4 November 2016
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