Country Life for Friday 6 September 2019

9:15 PM.Norwegian Fjord horses were domesticated about 4000 years ago and were famously used by the Vikings as war mounts in their travels to Scotland and Iceland. There's a small herd in New Zealand… Read more Audio

9:12 PM.The trade war between the US and China is being blamed for significant drops in fine wool prices, up to 35% compared with last year for some lines. South Island farmer Murray Scott says two thirds of… Read more Audio

9:10 PM.Rain has been welcomed in Hawkes Bay and in Otago farmers would like ewes to hold onto their lambs until the threat of snow passes. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.The value of New Zealand's third largest horticultural export crop is growing. Read more Audio

9:03 PM.Teenagers on the farm, Scandinavian horses, how the US China trade war's affecting NZ wool prices and the Regional Wrap. Read more Audio

4:40 PM.Every day, agriculture tutor Joe Steventon heads out to high schools around the lower North Island. He round up kids and take them out to the countryside to find out what's involved in working the… Read more Audio, Gallery