Carol Stiles
Full Episode for 13 September 2019
Picking up the fence posts - Post earthquake farming in Waiau, Guarding the daffodils, Choosing the Right Genes and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Regional Wrap
Rain has been welcomed in Hawkes Bay and in Otago farmers would like ewes to hold onto their lambs until the threat of snow passes. Audio
Full Episode for Friday 6 September 2019
Teenagers on the farm, Scandinavian horses, how the US China trade war's affecting NZ wool prices and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Regional Wrap
Bay of Plenty kiwifruit growers are finishing off winter pruning and having the end of season tidy up. With good weather across Canterbury and winter feed crops mostly finished, tractors have been… Audio
Full Episode for Friday August 30 2019
A cow sanctuary at Cust, pruning vines in Wairarapa, Otorohanga new medical centre and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Full Episode for Friday August 23 2019
Trees, Bees and a Nice Cold Cider Please, Changing the way the family farms, Beefing up women's voices - a decade on, calf rearer Mark Bocock and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Regional Wrap
In Waikato a dairy consultant says it's been the best winter he can remember. A good week of weather in Canterbury has allowed cropping farmers to get on with planting spring barley. Audio
Full Episode for Friday August 16 2019
Serving up Salmon, The Healing Power of Sheep, A New Chair for the Farmers' Markets Association and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Regional Wrap
It's been wet and warm in northern parts of the North Island. Lambs are appearing in Canterbury and calving is in full swing on dairy farms. Audio
Full Episode for Friday August 9 2019
A Helping Hand from Hemp, Riding High in the Saddle, Alternative Proteins - What's at Steak? and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Regional Wrap
Pukekohe has had near perfect winter growing conditions and vegetables are in heavy supply. Pruning is in full swing in Marlborough's vineyards while on high country properties merinos are on winter… Audio
Full Episode for Friday August 2 2019
A Southland farmer Ray McCrostie is on a quest to better understand and improve the land under his gumboots. He's lending a hand to a scientist and an automation engineer who are developing a low… Audio
Regional Wrap
King Country farmers are spreading out ewes into lambing paddocks and are innoculating them before lambing. Agricultural work has ground to a halt this week while farmers wait for things to dry out in… Audio
Country Life for 26 July 2019
Morrison Farming, French cattle thriving on Banks Peninsula, the Greenland white fronted goose, Clive Dalton on lamb mortality and the Regional Wrap.
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Regional Wrap
The Pukekohe district in Auckland's south has had an unsettled week with rain and showers. Temperatures have been higher than expected in mid-July which means that crops are growing steadily. Central… Audio
Full Episode for Friday July 19 2019
Saving the Waipu Goat, Farmers Making Burgers, Wicked Problems - Rural Innovation Lab Seeks Solutions to Farming's Big Challenges, Connecting Seasonal Workers with Growers and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Regional Wrap
Farmers in Northland are in good spirits because they've hardly had to put on their wet weather gear. Canterbury's had another amazing weather week with the temperature gauge nudging 20 degrees on… Audio
Full Episode for Friday July 5 2019
Flower Power on the Peninsula, Plastic Posts, Westland Woes and the Regional Wrap. Audio
Adapting on the land
White Star Station has been in the Evans family for 155 years. Now the seventh generation is living on the Colville farm. Today you'll find hereford cattle, sheep, tourist accommodation, a… Audio, Gallery
Regional Wrap
Gisborne has had good weather for picking mandarins but the frosty starts have growers nervous. Wintering stock is going well in Canterbury with no mud and great utilisation of feed. Audio