Country Life for Friday 23 October 2020

9:00 PM.Full Episode for Friday October 23, 2020. Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Grass is bolting and tractors are humming in the North Island but farmers could still do with more rain. On the West Coast farmers are still waiting for paddocks to dry out enough to plant next… Read more Audio

9:16 PM.Sam Tietjen trained in mechanical engineering but has come back to the family orchard and is now overseeing the planting of 2000 avocado trees. Read more Audio

9:28 PM.For 31 years John Larsen has been milling timber on the outskirts of Gisborne. As the returns from milling have dwindled, John has diversified and now manufactures gates, dunnies, dog kennels and meat… Read more Audio

9:30 PM.A farm based wool carding business in Central Otago sends fibre ready for spinning to customers as far afield as Russia. Barb and Stuart Peel's carding machine was built in England in 1951 and was… Read more Audio