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Country Life for Friday 3 April 2020

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 27 March 2020
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  • Farmers on Tour
  • Sowing the Seeds for Sweeter Pastures
  • Regional Wrap
  • Livestock Auctions go Virtual due to Covid Lockdown
  • Country Life for Friday 3 April 2020
  • Farmers on Tour

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    9:30 PM.Each year Palmerston North-based ag consultant Parry Matthews organises a tour for his clients. Scores turn up. This year they're in Waikato looking at handing a farm from one generation to the next.

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  • Sowing the Seeds for Sweeter Pastures

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    9:20 PM.UK seed company Germinal has been supplying our farmers with clovers and grasses for the past 15 years. Dairy farmer and agronomist Sarah Gard is general manager of its New Zealand operations. The… Read more Audio

  • Regional Wrap

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    9:13 PM.As welcome rain dampens soils in many regions in time for winter sowing, farmers around the country share how they're coping with Covid-19. Read more Audio

  • Livestock Auctions go Virtual due to Covid Lockdown

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    9:07 PM.An online auction platform is working with several livestock agencies to ensure sheep, lambs, dairy cows, cattle and deer can be bought and sold during the Covid 19 lockdown period. Bidr manager Tania… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for Friday 3 April 2020

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    9:04 PM.An online auction platform for livestock, low emission grass, an annual farmers' tour and the regional wrap.

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  • Previous Episode: Friday, 27 March 2020
  • Next Episode: Friday, 10 April 2020
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