Country Life for Friday 22 April 2022

9:40 PM.Rob Schulter grows coffee in Doubtless Bay in the Far North. He's just sold two thousand coffee tree seedlings to locals in the hopes they'll add to Northland's commercial coffee production. Read more Audio

9:30 PM.Kees Huizinga is back at his cropping and dairy farm in Ukraine, trying to plant spring crops as war rages in many parts of the country. His 15,000 hectare farm, about 200 kilometres south of Kyiv… Read more Audio

9:25 PM.Alison Watson has extensive international experience dealing with the fall army worm which can wipe out crops. The pest was found in Tauranga and near Hamilton this month. She heads ASEAN's fall… Read more Audio

9:15 PM.Gisborne vegetable growers are sick of being blamed for food price hikes which means people are chosing less healthy food options, and grass growth in mid and south Canterbury is exceptional for this… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Country Life is drinking coffee in Northland and, at 60 dollars for 130 grams it makes a cup of coffee a tad more than even the recently talked about $7 cup. There's gritty determination from a farmer… Read more Audio

9:07 PM.Central Otago fencing contractor Scott Watson is a busy man. He says more and more farmers are calling on him to do their fencing because they no longer have time to do the work themselves. The… Read more Audio