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Country Life for Friday 7 December 2018
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Crossbred wool gets a fibre facelift
9:45 PM.One of Miles Anderson's key goals is to make strong wool great again. To achieve that, the South Canterbury sheep farmer and Federated Farmers Meat and Wool chair has his work cut out for him. Miles… Read more Audio
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Deary Deer - It's a Calf
9:28 PM.It's the time of year when hinds have their young. According to Raroa Deer Stud's manager Bill Robinson fallow deer have fawns and red deer have calves so Country Life's out trying to spot newborn… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Persimmons - A quiet achiever for Gisborne growers
9:17 PM.Seventy percent of the national persimmon crop's grown in the Gisborne region. Growers are planting more trees as the export markets look promising. Read more Audio
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Eat your greens!
9:07 PM.Weeks of warm, wet weather in the Pukekohe district has lead to a glut of vegetables. Growers are getting as little as 30 cents per head of broccoli. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:10 PM.In the Bay of Plenty, kiwifruit orchard bees are pretty well all through their pollination work. Some places here got well over 100mm of rain this week. Contractors on the West Coast are flatstick… Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday December 7 2018
9:03 PM.A Fibre Facelift for Crossbred Wool, Deary Deer - It's a Calf, Persimmons - A quiet achiever for Gisborne growers, Eat your Greens! and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio