Country Life for Friday 19 May 2017

9:29 PM.This week the state owned farming company Landcorp came to the end of its four year sharemilking agreement to run 16 central and southern North Island farms for the Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin… Read more Audio

9:26 PM.Lyn Neeson and her daughter-in-law Monique Neeson were looking at the wool cheque from the family's remote King Country farm and thought there must be a way to earn more from wool. They now make… Read more Audio

9:14 PM.AgResearch scientist Nicole Schon works wonders with worms. Her research shows a healthy worm population can promote pasture growth as well as help water move through soils. As part of her work she… Read more Audio

9:06 PM.The dairy season is coming to an abrupt halt in the North Island and in the South, winter's made an appearance. Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Country Life finds out about the first ever major Chinese/NZ government pastoral farming joint venture and where it's at now as Landcorp hands the management of the former Crafar farms back to… Read more Audio