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Keeping the lustre alive
17 Jul 2020Ravenswood Stud has a long history breeding the hardy English Leicester whose long curly wool has been likened to Bob Marley's dreadlocks. Fiona and John Robinson are continuing the tradition, finding…
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On the Farm - a weekly wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Calving's been keeping farmers busy over a mostly dull, wet and chilly week weather-wise as hares and rabbits pester growers around Pukekohe.
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Country Life for 10 July 2020
We're celebrating 100 years with Wilencote Polled Herefords near Gisborne, checking out new developments at Te Mata Figs, saying farewell to a dearly loved herd of Friesian cows and taking our usual…
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A New Chapter - a precious milking herd is sold
Maurice and Jenni Butler have just sold their precious Friesian herd. For the past 50 years Maurice has bred some of the top milk producing cows in the country. At 74 it is time to head in a new…
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Talking Bulls - Wilencote Polled Herefords turns 100
Wilencote Polled Herefords introduced the hornless Hereford breed to New Zealand back in the 1920s and the Humphreys family still runs the stud today, with the fifth generation waiting in the wings…
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Waste Not - from cow feed to high-value functional food
Te Mata Figs' Murray Douglas and Helen Walker were left with piles of fig waste once they'd made their fig molasses. The waste was initially given to cows as a feed but knowing its nutritional value…
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On the Farm - this week's wrap of farming conditions around NZ
Calving's started as winter arrives in the far north and stock are tucking in to winter crops around Canterbury
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The Gift of a Farm
Whitford dairy farmer Donald Pearson bequeathed his dairy farm and all its cows to New Zealand Young Farmers. There are plans to build an education centre on the farm so that children from nearby…
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Handsome $100k Angus bull a thrill for new Gisborne owners
Penny Hoogerbrug of Kaharau Angus Stud describes the nerve-wracking moments before she and her partners became the proud new owners of "Lot 8", paying more than $100,000 and setting a record for the…
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A Hilly Haven for Herbs
Banks Peninsula horticulturist Cornelia Holten established the KoruKai Herb Farm at Pigeon Bay with support from her husband Kai in 2013. She grows about 80 varieties of herbs - 40 of which she uses…
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On the Farm; What's happening around rural New Zealand
Winter sets in in the north and the effects of the drought are still being felt at the top of the South Island.
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A Taste for Dairying
Teina McIntyre and Cailtin McRae can't wait to find a job on a dairy farm. They are two of seven students taking part in Dairy NZ's first GoDairy free, training course for people looking at changing…
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Miraka Farm
26 Jun 2020Graham and Tess Smith live in a beautiful valley 50 minutes' drive south of Hamilton. Their dairy farm is tiny by today's standards with just 83 cows but that's just the way Graham wants it. He also…
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Turning shiitake mushrooms into potent powder
The Exotic Mushroom Company is based in a purpose-built facility near Templeton on the outskirts of Christchurch. It’s here that Japanese born Natsu Adachi grows shiitake mushrooms that she sells…
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On the farm: What's going on around New Zealand
In Waikato much of the week felt like it was the middle of spring, the temperature hit 20 degrees on Monday but on Thursday it was back to being drizzly and cold. It's been a miserable week of weather…
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Country Life for 26 June 2020
Miraka Farm, Turning shiitake mushrooms into potent powder, Fermenting for Good, and the Regional Wrap.
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Fermenting for good
A rural boutique fermentary uses wild, edible plants, herbs and locally grown veggies to create nutritious food. Kelli Walker has started a fermentary on a country road near her hometown of Clevedon.
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Clothing brand booming at Le Bons Bay farm
19 Jun 2020The sheep are being dagged at Carl and Tori Uren's Le Bons Bay farm this week. The couple produce cross-bred wool at the scenic Banks Peninsula property, but it's actually high country merino wool…
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Country Life for 19 June 2020
Full Episode - Country Life 19 June 2020.
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Country Life catches up with advocate for wool, Steve Knudsen
In 2008, Country Life met farmer Steve Knudsen on an extremely steep Taranaki farm he called Vertigo Station. Steve's since bought and now lives on another much more friendly farm. He's still farming…
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On the farm: What's been happening in rural New Zealand this week
19 Jun 2020Drought hit Hawke's Bay has had rain and in the South Island, Tekapo farmers have been working in temperatures that have barely hit five degrees.
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Historic star-gazing spot could be saved in nick of time
New Zealand's earliest European-era star observatory on a farm near Featherston - built by an amateur astronomer/farmer in 1867 - could be saved in the nick of time. The Carkeek Observatory is now…
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Kaimoana for Kiwis - from sea to plate
Troy Bramley and Claire Edwards are trying to fish as sustainably as possible. They're also shunning plastic and polystyrene for seaweed and compostable boxes to bring kaimoana to Kiwis from sea to…
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Country Life for 12 June 2020
Country Life this week is out at sea with a Wairarapa couple fishing for kaimoana for kiwis and delivering it from sea to plate. The team also meets a some recent immigrants to New Zealand ... goats…
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