Country Life for Friday 28 May 2021

12:20 PM.Kim Spencer-McDonald says she knows a number of women who, as she did, have fallen in love with the farmer but not necessarily the farm. She says meaningful, stimulating off-farm jobs are difficult to… Read more Audio

11:40 AM.Chocolatier Johnty Tatham and his brother Paddy who is experimenting with chillies are forging new paths as the sixth generation on a sheep and beef farm on the Wairarapa coast. Read more Video, Audio

9:17 PM.New Zealand's largest dairy genetics company LIC says more and more farmers are choosing the sex of their calves. They don't want to put bobby calves on the truck so are happy to pay more so ensure… Read more Audio

9:11 PM.Very welcome rain fell on the East Coast, along with freezing temperatures in many places of the North Island. It was similiar in the South Island with cracking frosts and sunny days. Oturehua had a… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Federated Farmers is asking its members to write to government ministers outlining just what impact the labour shortage is having on them and their farming operation. Read more Audio

9:04 PM.Country Life meets two Wairarapa brothers forging different paths on the family farm, one makes high quality chocolate from whoa-to-go and the other is dipping his toes into the niche food industry… Read more Audio