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Country Life for Friday 24 March 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 31 March 2023
  • Adventure trails and organic garden add X-factor to family farm

    rural farming
    Welcome Rock

    6:24 PM.In the last few years, Tom O'Brien's Southland farmland has become home to a hand-built bike and hiking track and an organic market garden. Read more Audio

  • Easing the way for farmers in difficult times at Field Days

    rural farming
    A new generation drone used for agricultural tasks like spraying and spreading

    7:38 PM.Country Life is among drones, driverless tractors, nude sheep and comfy rocking chairs at the Central Districts Field Days, seeing what products are on offer to make the work of hard-pressed farmers… Read more Audio

  • Mushrooms sprout new lease on life in remote woolshed

    rural Taranaki
    Pink and grey oyster mushrooms sprouting in the fruiting chamber.

    7:16 PM.Kyle Davey took a winter off two years ago, but what sprouted from his boredom turned out to be some pretty fungi. Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

    rural farming
    The fences at Pāmu's Edenham farm has been damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.

    7:07 PM.RNZ's rural news reporter, Sally Murphy, takes a look at the week's agricultural news. Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 24 March

    rural farming
    Vaughan "Woodzy" Wood in one of the rockers he designed using tynes, a farming implement, to give the rocking motion

    7:06 PM.Sally gets in amongst it at the Central Districts Field Days to find out what's new in the ag world, Cosmo tracks down a bike trail that follows one of New Zealand's longest gold-mining water races… Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 17 March 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 31 March 2023
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