Country Life for Friday 1 July 2022
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On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ
9:07 PM.Northland soils are extremely wet so dairy farmers are continuing to stand cows off pastures where possible. Central Otago farmers are shifting breaks and feeding out stock and shearing is underway on… Read more Audio
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Full Episode for Friday July 1 2022
9:07 PM.Happy Cow Happy Customers, Indigenous Forest and Carbon, Growing and showing pigs for fun and On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ.
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Indigenous Forest and Carbon
9:12 PM.Two retired Auckland University lecturers put the case for correctly acknowledging the role native trees can play in carbon sequestration. Read more Audio
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Growing and showing pigs for fun
9:18 PM.While many teenage boys get stuck into gaming after school, you'll find Fletcher Keen in a paddock. Last year a pig named 'Ashley Bloomfield' won the 14-year-old Cantabrian 'Best Boar Over 5 months… Read more Audio
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Happy cow, happy customers
9:33 PM.Waikato farmer Chris Falconer is the first farmer in New Zealand to trial the Happy Cow milk processing and distribution system. He farms the Happy Cow way, with a strong focus on being green and kind… Read more Audio
