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Country Life for Friday 1 February 2019
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Old looms in Oamaru produce fine fabrics for today
9:38 PM.Oamaru artisans Rod and Sue McLean use heritage looms to produce hand woven and stitched textiles. The fabrics, made mostly from locally sourced wool, are woven on Yorkshire-made Hattersley weaving… Read more Audio
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Up and go on an Ubco, the Kiwi-designed utility bike
9:22 PM.The New Zealand designers of the Ubco utility bike reckon if it can cope with conditions on a New Zealand dairy farm it can cope with anything. The white electric bikes are now being sent to the USA… Read more Audio
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Talking about Tree Lucerne
9:16 PM.An AgResearch scientist working on a project to help farmers get the most out of a plant most often found on roadsides and in waste areas is hoping to see much more of it on the other side of the… Read more Audio
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On the farm: Our guide to what's happening around rural New Zealand
9:10 PM.Both the North and South Islands have been dripping under sweltering temperatures but generally the North Island farms have good amounts of feed. In Canterbury spring barley is going off for Gladfield… Read more Audio
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Record Prices for Ewes
9:07 PM.Suz Bremner from AgriHQ says apart from wool, sheep farmers have good reason to be happy right now. Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday February 1 2019
9:03 PM.Old Looms Make Fine Fabric, Ubco Bikes, Tree Lucerne, Stock prices. Read more Audio