Farming
Swapping swipe cards for spuds
Sarah Mosley is a chip off the old block. The former Wellington hotel manager is following in her father's footsteps after she headed home to join the family potato-growing business in South Otago.
AudioCountry Life for Friday 21 June 2024
Country Life meets a former hotel manager who's swapped swipe cards for growing spuds, goes for a skate at a country ice rink and visits the farm at the centre of Wellington's kiwi project. Audio
Country Life for Friday 21 June 2024
Country Life meets a former hotel manager who's swapped swipe cards for growing spuds, goes for a skate at a country ice rink and visits the farm at the centre of Wellington's kiwi project.
AudioFarmers, manufacturers on economic downturn
A Federated Farmers representative says the economic downturn is hitting farmers harder than anything he's seen in forty years. The group's meat and Wool industry spokesperson Toby Williams says… Audio
More than 1m birds to be destroyed as bird flu detected at a seventh Victorian farm
Australia's largest outbreak of bird flu has hit a grim milestone in the spread of the virus that was first detected in May.
The benefits of mixing agriculture and solar power - as Selwyn site gets consent
A solar and battery power station to be built on farmland in Selwyn has been given planning consent. Audio
Keeping blueberry and avocado thieves away
Fruit theft is rampant across the country, and sometimes farming equipment is being nicked too, a blueberry grower says.
From farm to fabric to fashion
Georgina Lawson and her husband Willie farm 3000 sheep at Merton in North Otago. Last year, Georgina launched a line of 100 percent woollen coats made from the clip of their farm's Romdale hoggets. Audio
From farm to fabric to fashion
Georgina Lawson and her husband Willie farm 3000 sheep at Merton in North Otago. Last year, Georgina launched a line of 100 percent woollen coats made from the clip of their farm's Romdale hoggets.
AudioPrices not that bullish at Charolais sale
A herd of young bulls went under the hammer at the annual Silverstream Charolais and Hereford Stud sale in Motukarara, but with farmers tightening their belts, prices were back a bit compared to last… Audio
