Sally Round

There's been welcome rain and warmth in the north and clear patches for sowing and silage-making but too much rain on the West Coast is not helping the mating season. Audio

Country Life this week visits a cropping farmer at Sheffield in Canterbury who is milling his own wheat and selling the flour to bakers around the country and heads off for a day out with a pack of… Audio

Gisbonre Wine, Andy Geissmann from Waikato Milking Systems, Robotics Plus, jobseekers get a taste of farming life at Taratahi and the Regional Wrap Audio

Many workers from industries decimated by Covid-19 have changed their career paths entirely, with some finding jobs in areas that would have seemed inconceivable at the start of the year. Due to a… Audio

Hungry lambs in Rangitikei are starting to put pressure on the amount of grass left for their mums and Nelson and Marlborough are already getting desperately dry. There's been historic low rainfall in… Audio

Country Life this week follows a cow podiatrist tending his patients' feet. It can be a mucky job but enormously satisfying! And Dr John Hellstrom talks about how the Marlborough Sounds is fighting… Audio

Northland's farmers are reluctant to buy in stock and the sheep farmers in the southern South Island seem to have made it through this week's weather bomb with fewer than expected lamb deaths. Find… Audio