Country Life for Friday 7 August 2020

9:42 PM.Ross Vintiner has carved an interesting career - from the maelstrom of politics alongside David Lange to the relative peace of an olive grove in Wairarapa. Along the way he's developed an interest in… Read more Video, Audio

9:30 PM.Thurvalley BK Bree VG86 produced the most milk of any Brown Swiss cow in New Zealand for the 2018/19 season. Her owner Tony Buehler grew up helping hand milk of a commercial herd of 12 in Switzerland… Read more Audio

9:18 PM.New Zealand could be producing its own sugar, according to the chair of New Zealand's Tropical Fruit Growers' Association. Hugh Rose has been growing trial plantings of sugarcane on his property near… Read more Audio

9:11 PM.Big, beautiful calves are arriving a couple of weeks early in some parts of the country and for many South Island regions spring is in the air. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Four newly converted farms are joining Maui Milk's dairy sheep business. Next year a further five or six will be needed. A lack of sheep is all that's holding expansion back. Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Sugar Cane, Dali Estate Olives, Milking sheep and Brown Swiss cows Read more Audio