Country Life
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From steering tractors to the helm of Leaderbrand
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Burke, chief of Leaderbrand, one of New Zealand's biggest horticulture groups, is returning the reins to the family which founded the firm 50...
Rural News Wrap for 27 September 2024
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A round-up of the week's agricultural news.Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 20 September 2024
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We meet a mother and daughter growing microgreens and head to a North Canterbury dairy farm using crops to mop up nasties which could end up in waterw...
From selling shoes in China to sprouting microgreens in Te Puke
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kali sold shoes in China before coming to NZ. She discovered her green fingers just out of Te Puke where she has joined forces with her daughter to gr...
Catch crops help prevent nitrogen from leaching into waterways
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Trials on a North Canterbury dairy farm have found that early sown oats and Italian ryegrass are taking up excess urine deposited by winter grazing co...
Kerry Worsnop on a better approach to policy
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nuffield scholar and former Gisborne District Councillor Kerry Worsnop on how policymakers can better work with those on the land. You can learn more ...
Rural News Wrap for 20 September 2024
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 13 September 2024
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hear from an expert on China's consumer market, meet a former dairy high-flyer now farming a very different sort of protein and learn more about a nic...
A cut above: Couple making 'one of a kind' knives
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jacinda and Richy Sheridan have carved out a niche for themselves, making hunting and farm knives using deer antlers. …Go to this episode on rnz...
Milk high fliers move into hops and plant proteins
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Meet a farmer who has developed a food supplement based on a protein extracted from green leaves and established North Canterbury's first commercial h...
The inside skinny on China's consumers from Mark Tanner
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Tanner knows what people in China are consuming. He's the founder of China Skinny, a market research company based in Shanghai. …Go to this...
Rural News Wrap for 13 September 2024
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 6 September 2024
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's Conservation Week! We meet a North Canterbury farmer rewilding his land and we check back in with the school children helping restore part of a S...
Farmer retires land he says "shouldn't ever have animals on it"
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"I've been farming on my own account for 52 years and cut down a fair share of trees, so now is my time to leave this place better than we found it," ...
"It's lovely planting new trees and making nature"
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Part 2 of a three part series, schoolchildren head to Waihinga Farm to plant saplings among ancient podocarps on the edge of the Ruamāhanga River....
Adding birds to the farmer's toolbox
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you stop birds colliding with New York's skyscrapers and how can New Zealand farmers benefit from birds and other wildlife? These are just some...
Rural News Wrap for 6 September 2024
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A round-up of the week's agricultural news. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
FULL SHOW: Country Life for 30 August 2024
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Country Life team heads to a small-scale salt farm in Northland and meets a conservationist collecting endangered wildflowers. Go to th...
A sweet life farming salt - "just a man and his bucket"
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
James Moore is up to his knees in the waves at Cable Bay in Northland, a bucket in each hand. He's a small-scale salt farmer, with a plan to help othe...
The Ruatoria 'Noah's ark' for native plants
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Graeme Atkins has collected the "Noah's Ark" of endangered wild cuttings, including the beautiful ngutukākā or kakabeak flower. You can find more ...