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Country Life for Friday 26 July 2019
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Farming – the Morrison family business
9:34 PM.The Morrison family has been farming the same bit of land near Marton since 1864. More recently they've expanded and have purchased a hill country farm nearby. Will Morrison works Mangara Station and… Read more Audio, Gallery
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French cattle thriving on Banks Peninsula
9:24 PM.Tai Tapu farmers Brent and Anna Fisher are recognised as some of New Zealand's top breeders of beefy Charolais cattle. The major focus of their breeding programme is to provide bulls to hill and high… Read more Audio
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Goose Numbers Under Threat
9:19 PM.The number of Greenland White Fronted geese is plummeting despite the fact the birds are protected. On Islay, a remote Hebridean island, efforts are being made to find out why. Read more Audio
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Saving Lambs
9:07 PM.Dr Clive Dalton says improved fertility in our national sheep flock and lamb mortality rates are linked. Read more Audio
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Regional Wrap
9:13 PM.King Country farmers are spreading out ewes into lambing paddocks and are innoculating them before lambing. Agricultural work has ground to a halt this week while farmers wait for things to dry out in… Read more Audio
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Country Life for 26 July 2019
9:03 PM.Morrison Farming, French cattle thriving on Banks Peninsula, the Greenland white fronted goose, Clive Dalton on lamb mortality and the Regional Wrap.
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