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    Country Life for Friday 9 October 2020

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    • Country Life for 9 October 2020

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      9:05 PM.Country Life this week follows a cow podiatrist tending his patients' feet. It can be a mucky job but enormously satisfying! And Dr John Hellstrom talks about how the Marlborough Sounds is fighting… Read more Audio

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    • Converting from cow to sheep milking

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      9:07 PM.Traditional dairy farmers have the opportunity this month to learn from others who've taken the plunge into milking sheep. Sheep milk producer Maui Milk is running information sessions in the hope of… Read more Audio

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    • On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ

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      9:12 PM.Hungry lambs in Rangitikei are starting to put pressure on the amount of grass left for their mums and Nelson and Marlborough are already getting desperately dry. There's been historic low rainfall in… Read more Audio

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    • On a mission to destroy wilding pines

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      9:20 PM.Dr John Hellstrom is at the helm of a group leading the way in New Zealand in the battle against wilding pines which are being blamed for creating tinder box conditions in parts of the country. The… Read more Audio

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    • From Malaita to Mid-Canterbury

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      9:30 PM.When Paul Awaikera graduated from Lincoln University he decided not to go back to the Solomon Islands as his degree focused on temperate agriculture. Back home because it's tropical, he says it… Read more Audio

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    • Feet First

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      9:40 PM.Johan Buys spends his days tending cows' feet. It can be a mucky job but he says it's enormously satisfying watching a cow that was lame stroll painlessly back to the paddock. Read more Audio, Gallery

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