Country Life for Friday 5 November 2021

9:07 PM.Damaging winds around Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty have blown over shelter trees in kiwifruit orchards and whipped flowers off the vines. On the West Coast of the South Island mating is going well on… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.On Country Life, a wrap of farming conditions around NZ; Farm talk with Benthem Farms in Michigan and Vanya Maw has been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Benthem Farms in northern Michigan farms 2500 cows. They're milked three times a day and housed year round. In winter temperatures can drop to -28 degrees C. Read more Audio

9:24 PM.Gaynor and Colm Tierney bought their dairy farm nine years ago. They didn't start farming it themselves until last season. Read more Audio

9:34 PM.Sharing produce and growing know-how is rooted in Vanya Maw's philosophy. She's been running Wyenova Organics since 1992 and farms just about anything edible that grows with passion and pride. Read more Audio