Country Life

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 niche rural business using deer antlers.

Duration:00:50:05

A cut above: Couple making 'one of a kind' knives

Jacinda and Richy Sheridan have carved out a niche for themselves, making hunting and farm knives using deer antlers.

Duration:00:20:08

Milk high fliers move into hops and plant proteins

Meet a farmer who has developed a food supplement based on a protein extracted from green leaves and established North Canterbury's first commercial hop gardens.

Duration:00:13:19

The inside skinny on China's consumers from Mark Tanner

Mark Tanner knows what people in China are consuming. He's the founder of China Skinny, a market research company based in Shanghai.

Duration:00:14:50

Rural News Wrap for 13 September 2024

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

Duration:00:05:30

FULL SHOW: Country Life for 6 September 2024

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 South Wairarapa river.

Duration:00:50:09

Farmer retires land he says "shouldn't ever have animals on it"

"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," Chris Bolderston told Country Life.

Duration:00:18:35

"It's lovely planting new trees and making nature"

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.

Duration:00:13:36

Adding birds to the farmer's toolbox

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 of the questions Sara Kross has been trying to answer from her lab at Canterbury University.

Duration:00:09:40

Rural News Wrap for 6 September 2024

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

Duration:00:06:29

FULL SHOW: Country Life for 30 August 2024

This week the Country Life team heads to a small-scale salt farm in Northland and meets a conservationist collecting endangered wildflowers.

Duration:00:50:21

A sweet life farming salt - "just a man and his bucket"

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 others into salt farming.

Duration:00:20:00

The Ruatoria 'Noah's ark' for native plants

Graeme Atkins has collected the "Noah's Ark" of endangered wild cuttings, including the beautiful ngutukākā or kakabeak flower.

Duration:00:12:59

Dairy farmer Stephen Crawford

South Otago's biggest organic dairy farm might go conventional after news the dairy company which picks up the milk is reviewing the premiums for organic milk.

Duration:00:08:22

On The Farm for 30 August 2024

It's been a kind winter for most North Island farmers now busy with lambing and calving. Meanwhile sheep farmers in the South Island hope to see prices rise again.

Duration:00:07:02

Globetrotting envoy Hamish Marr grows the New Zealand agriculture story

Methven farmer Hamish Marr is proud to showcase farmers' and growers' innovations to overseas governments "and anyone else who is buying our products".

Duration:00:22:15

Tropical fruit tree seedlings in high demand as climate changes

Warmer weather means people can now grow fruits like pawpaw and bananas as far south as Invercargill.

Duration:00:14:14

Guest - A moment for the humble persimmon

Wayne Hall, general manager of Wi Pere Trust's horticulture team in Gisborne, shares his love of persimmons and a recipe for how to best enjoy the fruit.

Duration:00:06:14

Rural News Wrap

A round-up of the week's agricultural news.

Duration:00:06:05

Country Life for Friday 23 August 2024