Country Life for Friday 28 June 2019

9:33 PM.White Star Station has been in the Evans family for 155 years. Now the seventh generation is living on the Colville farm. Today you'll find hereford cattle, sheep, tourist accommodation, a… Read more Audio, Gallery

1:20 AM.Ruwan Wijayasena and his wife Niranjal Gamlath have taken out the 2019 Canterbury/North Otago Share Farmer of the Year title. Ruwan, who is from Sri Lanka, contract milks 1800 cows at Hororata and… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.A Plant and Food Research principal scientist says measuring devices that look like giant rain gauges have been buried under crops all around the country to track the amount of nitrogen flowing into… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.How are farm machinery sales are tracking in New Zealand in 2019? with Tractor and Machinery Association president John Tulloch. Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Gisborne has had good weather for picking mandarins but the frosty starts have growers nervous. Wintering stock is going well in Canterbury with no mud and great utilisation of feed. Read more Audio

9:03 PM.A sesquicentennial farm ...and the team meets an award winning dairy farmer who won't own cows because of his faith... Read more Audio