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Country Life for Friday 14 April 2023

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 7 April 2023
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  • Healthy home for chooks at clifftop egg farm

    rural farming
    Te Waewae egg farm

    7:30 PM.When Anna Penn's flock of 3,000 hardy hens stop pecking and look up, they can watch waves crashing into the shore. They're residents at New Zealand's southernmost commercial egg farm, overlooking Te… Read more Audio

  • 'Salad bowl' paddocks keep cows smiling

    rural farming
    Rachel Short poses with one of her sunflowers.

    7:19 PM.Sunflower-growing and virtual fencing are just the beginning at Rachel Short forward-looking organic dairy farm. Read more Audio

  • Mongolian sheep shearers 'excited' about what new skills could offer back home

    rural farming
    The team in action at the recent NZ Shearing champs

    7:13 PM.A three-month stint with New Zealand shearing gangs has brought life changing skills to four Mongolian herders. Read more Audio

  • Rural News Wrap

    rural farming
    The annual muster is scheduled for May.

    7:07 PM.Country Life has previously spoken about the damage to forest estates due to the cyclone - but are crews back at work? The cyclone has also affected the annual Kaimanawa Horse Muster, to control the… Read more Audio

  • Country Life for 14 April 2023

    rural farming
    Te Waewae egg farm

    7:06 PM.Cracking good eggs on a cliff, Mongolian scissors shearers, Sunflower paddocks on a Taranaki farm and a wrap of the week's ag news. Read more Audio

  • Previous Episode: Friday, 7 April 2023
  • Next Episode: Friday, 21 April 2023
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