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Country Life for Friday 28 October 2022

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  • Farming without a fence

    rural farming
    On Pete Morgan's Waikato dairy farm, each cow wears a solar-powered, GPS-enabled smart collar.

    11:31 AM.A high-tech farming system which lets dairy cows move around without fences has also meant big changes for dairy workers. The young team on Pete Morgan's farm aren't just moving breaks and pushing… Read more Audio

  • Farmer sets tuna hinaki in lake after getting rid of algae

    rural farming
    Spencer Kahu -The Lakes

    7:19 PM.Spencer Kahu has been farming in the Kaikōura District since he was 14. Now he's 24 and manages two large properties and for him, sustainability, conservation and gathering kai for the whānau go hand… Read more Audio

  • Tour through the kiwifruit vines after frost causes devastation

    rural farming
    The foreground shows the healthy leaves while sprawling through the background are the barren vines.

    7:13 PM.Kiwifruit orchard foreman Dave Trafford takes Leah Tebbutt through the vines on the back of the quad bike, where mere metres apart the vines change from luscious and green, to barren as if they've… Read more Audio

  • On the Farm - a wrap of farming conditions around NZ

    rural farming
    A lone calf stares at the camera with blue skies and slopping West Coast hills behind him.

    7:07 PM.Most farms are pretty short of grass in Northland and supplementary feed suppliers say there has been a big uptake. Strong wind has stopped spraying in its tracks for an olive grower in Wairarapa… Read more Audio

  • Country Life Friday October 28 2022

    rural farming
    Lauren Randall (L) and Petra Burgess at the dairy shed

    7:07 PM.Country Life is at a lake brought back to life near Kaikōura, we find out the damage frost can do to kiwifruit vines, and meet two farm managers who no longer reach for their gumboots first thing in… Read more Audio

  • 25 years of Country Life

    A stylised graphic of cultivated fields with shapes in the centre forming the number 25

    9:00 AM.This year we’re celebrating 25 years of one of RNZ’s best-loved programmes. Each week on Country Life we meet the people bringing New Zealand’s primary produce to the world. Producers travel around… Read more

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