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The 90's File - Viticulture technician Annabel Angland
28 Aug 2020Annabel Angland from Peregrine Wines is the Corteva Central Otago Young Viticulturist of the Year 2020 and is looking forward to representing the region at the national finals in Martinborough in…
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Fire damaged farmland gets native plant makeover
28 Aug 2020The Port Hills are still scarred after devastating fires burned across 2000 hectares of bush and farmland in 2017. But every year, volunteers head up into the hills to replant them with native bush.
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Country Life for 21 August 2020
Anna Blair Northland Bull farmer, Dairy Trainee of the Year from 2019, Phil Guscott talks farm succession.
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All in the Family - 35 years helping pass on the farm
Philip Guscott specialises in farm succession planning for sheep and beef farmers. As he heads towards retirement, he shares some of the advice he's been giving for the past 35 years.
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Dairy trainee of the year takes the reins on Fairlie farm
21 Aug 2020Even though Nicola Blowey's parents sold their dairy farm in Devon just before she was born, farming has remained in her veins. After studying agriculture in the UK she came to South Canterbury to…
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Burly Bulls - Northland farmer Anna Blair raises bulls from tiny calves to strapping 600 kilogram bruisers
Anna Blair farms 1000 bulls on her Northland farm. She never answers her phone when she's working with them as she needs to keep her wits about her.
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On the farm: what's happening in rural New Zealand this week
Avocado exports are just starting, apple growers are thinking about heavily pruning crops because there'll be so few workers to pick their fruit, a crisp minus seven degrees hit the Mackenzie…
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Free to Roam
When Richard Ashcroft was a boy he loved sailing toy boats down a stream, building huts and swinging on vines in the bush. He thinks modern day kids especially those in towns and cities have been…
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Counting the breeds - a census of rare breeds in NZ
The Rare Breeds Conservation Society wants to know how many rare breed animals are in New Zealand and where they are located.
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An action-packed farm experience for urban kids
Katie Earle started Bush Farm School because she's passionate about sustainability and wants children to be more resilient and resourceful. The primary school teacher has teamed up with Banks…
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Country Life for 7 August 2020
Sugar Cane, Dali Estate Olives, Milking sheep and Brown Swiss cows
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Dali olive oil - a picture of health
7 Aug 2020Ross Vintiner has carved an interesting career - from the maelstrom of politics alongside David Lange to the relative peace of an olive grove in Wairarapa. Along the way he's developed an interest in…
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A Sweet Opportunity - Growing Sugar Cane in Northland
New Zealand could be producing its own sugar, according to the chair of New Zealand's Tropical Fruit Growers' Association. Hugh Rose has been growing trial plantings of sugarcane on his property near…
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How now Swiss Brown cow?
Thurvalley BK Bree VG86 produced the most milk of any Brown Swiss cow in New Zealand for the 2018/19 season. Her owner Tony Buehler grew up helping hand milk of a commercial herd of 12 in Switzerland…
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Expanding Sheep Milk Flock
Four newly converted farms are joining Maui Milk's dairy sheep business. Next year a further five or six will be needed. A lack of sheep is all that's holding expansion back.
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Country Life for 31 July 2020
Waikato and Taranaki dairy farms have never looked better at this time of year, and it's been relatively balmy in the deep south; Bringing More Kai to Kaipara; Sending fine wine to Finland; Made of…
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Wine with a Finnish finish....
The fact there are no vineyards in Finland means Finnish wine-maker Outi Jacovirta has to travel to ply her trade. Outi's been making wine in New Zealand on and off for 16 years.
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Growing new kinds of kai in Kaipara
Kūmara is currently the biggest crop in Northland's Kaipara district, but one day peanuts could be added to the mix. Kaipara Kai has been established to promote opportunities for landowners to plant…
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Made of clay and full of history
Restoring two cob cottages at Burkes Pass has become a labour of love for retired Christchurch couple Jane and Graham Bachelor. One of cottages was built by shepherd James Keefe in 1876 and was in a…
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On the farm: All the news from around New Zealand's primary sector
Waikato and Taranaki dairy farms have never looked better at this time of year, and it's been relatively balmy in the deep south...
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Country Life Friday for 24 July 2020
We're taking you to Northland, Bay of Plenty and to South Canterbury to hear about how kumara defied the drought, learn about a farmer-owned dam and meet a man who's devoted nearly half a century to…
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Warm dry conditions help shape up kūmara
Cooks will have to peel fewer gnarly kūmara this year thanks to a very unusual growing season.
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Banking on water from the Opuha Dam
A farmer-owned earth dam near Fairlie provides reliable irrigation for 16,000 hectares of farmland in South Canterbury. It also has a seven megawatt power station that contributes to the local…
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The End of a Golden Career
Russell Lowe has spent almost 50 years selecting, observing, propagating and tasting kiwifruit at Plant and Food Research in Te Puke. Earlier this year Russell was recognised for his role in…
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