Rural
Full Episode for Friday October 20, 2017
Mangarara Station, The Power of Poo, Precision Agriculture and the Regional Wrap.
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Touchstone - a community project for Lake Wanaka
Lake swimmers, the local primary school and neighbouring farmers have joined together to look after water quality in Lake Wanaka. Audio
Touchstone - a community project for Lake Wanaka
Lake swimmers, the local primary school and neighbouring farmers have joined together to look after water quality in Lake Wanaka.
Audio
Wet weather, worker shortage pushes farmers to sell
The Real Estate Institute is expecting a surge of dairy farms to hit the market in Waikato and Southland.
Poacher warning for farmers
The police are urging farmers to be on the look out for stock thieves and poachers over the long weekend.
Farmers decry stock on roads bylaw
Farmers on Banks Peninsula near Christchurch are concerned about the effects of a proposed bylaw that would regulate the movement of stock on some roads.
Digital agriculture has potential for "huge gains": AgResearch
AgResearch - one of the country's latest crown research institutes - says digital agriculture has the potential for huge gains in productivity, the environment and reducing the pressure on farmers… Audio
How country clubs earn their bread and putter
A few of New Zealand's 400 golf courses have 1,000-plus members, but others just a couple of dozen. Country Life visits four country courses in the North Island to see how they are managing to keep… Audio, Gallery
How country clubs earn their bread and putter
A few of New Zealand's 400 golf courses have 1,000-plus members, but others just a couple of dozen. Country Life visits four country courses in the North Island to see how they are managing to keep…
AudioA Cafe in the Corner
Pirinoa Station has been in the same family for 140 years. Now the old blacksmith's shop, in a tiny corner of the farm, has been transformed into a cafe. Audio
