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    Country Life for Friday 12 February 2021

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      9:03 PM.On Country Life tonight, an old-time rabbiter shares stories of his life fighting the rabbit plague on Molesworth Station and Cosmo talks to Jamie Engelbrecht who quit his bank job to focus on hemp… Read more Audio

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

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      9:07 PM.Waikato is trucking steadily into a drought and Marlborough has seen one of its earliest picks for pinot noir bubbles. Read more Audio

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    • Summer Series - A Rabbiting Life

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      Max Nelson used to work as a rabbiter on Molesworth Station. He still works controlling other pests like ferrets.

      9:15 PM.Max Nelson is one of the last of the old-time rabbiters who fought plagues of rabbits in places like the back country stations of Marlborough. He worked for Awatere Rabbit Board in the 1960s and a lot… Read more Audio

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    • Trees, Trees, Trees

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      Willy and Kelsi Haenga

      9:25 PM.Willy and Kelsi Haenga's Gisborne-based business, FarmCare, is plugging a gap helping busy farmers plant trees to keep waterways clean and stop erosion. Read more Audio

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    • Banking on hemp becoming mainstream

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      Jamie Englebrecht

      9:35 PM.Jamie Engelbrecht was born and bred on a sheep and beef property in Waimate then studied farm management at Lincoln University. He quit his job recently as an ASB rural manager to focus on a hemp… Read more Audio

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      Banking on hemp becoming mainstream
    • Previous Episode: Friday, 5 February 2021
    • Next Episode: Friday, 19 February 2021

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