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Country Life for Friday 8 June 2018
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The ex-university lecturers offering free environmental education
9:38 PM.Errol Wood and Kelvin Nicolle believe that the best way for today's teenagers to learn about the environment is to be in the environment. They run environmental outreach programme for school and… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Milking it: from cows to sheep
9:30 PM.Spring Sheep Milk is setting up two sheep milking pilot farms in Waikato. One is a greenfield development, one a cow farm conversion. Read more Audio
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A river of debris
9:07 PM.Last week's torrential rain dumped one million tonnes of forest debris on Tolaga Bay farms. Even mature trees wouldn't have stayed standing in those conditions, forest experts say. Read more Audio
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ABC Rural Correspondent
9:19 PM.Brett Worthington talks about Canadian dairy giant Saputo taking over the last dairy co-op in Australia, fine wool prices and drought. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:13 PM.Parts of Waikato had 100 millimetres of rain at the weekend and there was surface flooding. Pruning is underway on all fruit crops in the Nelson / Motueka region. Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday June 8, 2018
9:03 PM.Stream of Consciousness, Milking It: From Cows to Sheep, ABC Rural Correspondent, A River of Debris and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio