Country Life for Friday 10 December 2021

9:35 PM.A bird highway is taking shape across the south of the North Island. Farmers and landowners are getting in behind the Tonganui Corridor - a project to link up pockets of old forest with new plantings… Read more Audio

9:21 PM.Scotty Newman and his team clean out woolsheds - not inside - but underneath. They dig out decades worth of compacted sheep manure. Read more Video, Audio

9:15 PM.Three farming systems geared towards sustainable dairy farming practices are being tested at Lincoln University's demonstration dairy farm. Farm manager Peter Hancox is trialing a variable milking… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Shearers are running behind in King Country because they haven't been able to get dry sheep and Marlborough winegrowers are keeping a close eye out for black spot and powdery mildew. Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Clearing out decades of sheep manure under woolsheds is a specialist job; and farmers at the southern tip of the North Island are creating a forest highway to lure endemic wildlife into the valley. Read more Audio