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Country Life for Friday 18 May 2018

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  • Human v Horse

    rural farming
    Human vs Horse

    9:32 PM.The Human v Horse event is a marathon over steep hill country with a twist - it's a race between two legs and four. Read more Audio, Gallery

  • Ewe & Me

    farming Tasman
    Julie Brownlee

    9:27 PM.Julie Brownlee's Neudorf Valley sheep milking operation supplies milk to Thorvald, a company that produces sheep's milk cheese and yoghurt in a factory right next to Julie's milking shed. Read more Audio

  • Southern Man

    rural farming
    Geoffrey Young

    9:11 PM.It’s a baptism of fire for new Southland  Fed Farmers Chairman Geoffrey Young with the M. bovis outbreak, a swede seed mix up and debate over Environment Southland's revised water and land plan. Read more Audio

  • Spearheading the strawberry charge

    rural Wellington Region
    Asparagus and stawberries

    9:16 PM.Horowhenua asparagus grower Geoff Lewis is setting up tunnel houses to grow strawberries. It's part of his plan to provide year-round work for his seasonal workers. Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

    rural farming
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    9:07 PM.It is getting wet underfoot in Taranaki so farmers feel they have had enough rain. Rams in Marlborough have completed their work on hill country farms and sheep scanning is underway. Read more Audio

  • Full Episode for Friday May 18, 2018

    rural farming
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    9:03 PM.Human V Horse, Ewe Milk Me, Geoffrey Young from Federated Farmers , Horowhenua asparagus grower Geoff Lewis and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 11 May 2018
  • Next Episode: Friday, 25 May 2018
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