Country Life for Friday 5 May 2017

9:29 PM.Kiwifruit and avocados grow particularly well in Northland. Now the Malley family of Maungatapere is adding raspberries, blackberries and figs to the mix. Read more Audio, Gallery

9:17 PM.Marlborough farmer Tim Struthers has spent several years trying to control Chilean Needle Grass on his sheep and beef farm near Seddon. The invasive weed can out-compete pasture grasses and its seed… Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Agribusiness consultant Deane Carson is encouraging farmers to use petrifilm E.coli count plate kits to test water quality levels on their farms in Southland. Read more Audio

9:17 PM.More dairy herds are being dried off, or slowed to once a day milking now and there's the first snow on some North Island ranges. Southland dairy farms are also moving down to 16-hour-a-day milking in… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.After hearing last week's feature about the Anzac Day service in the small town of Wimbledon, Margery Renwick wrote in. Her father was a school teacher there in the 1920s, and he and her mother used… Read more Audio

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