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Dry Hill Country Farming

Sat 01 Aug 2015
6:27

Simon Todhunter was a finalist in the South Island Farmer of the Year in 2014
Aug 2015
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Whangaripo Buffalo

Sat 01 Aug 2015
6:27

Cheese and other products from buffalo milk
Aug 2015
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Philip Gregan, Chief Executive, New Zealand Winegrowers

Sat 25 Jul 2015
10:53

Roger Bourne speaks with chief executive of New Zealand Winegrowers, Philip Gregan, about the 2015 grape harvest.
Jul 2015
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Wainono Lagoon Community

Wed 01 Jul 2015
9:10

The Wainono Lagoon is one of the few remaining freshwater lagoons in the South Island
Jul 2015
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Wainono Lagoon Restoration

Wed 01 Jul 2015
4:59

Farm environment plans created for those in the catchment feeding the Wainono Lagoon
Jul 2015
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Plants for Firebreaks and Shelterbelts

Wed 01 Jul 2015
5:33

A study identifying the best plant options for fire resistant shelterbelts
Jul 2015
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Taupo Beef

Wed 01 Jul 2015
8:43

Mike and Sharon Barton are long time advocates of farming within nutrient and water limits
Jul 2015
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Food, Farms and Freshwater

Wed 01 Jul 2015
6:30

Identifying best practice primary producers for informed consumer choice
Jul 2015
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Reid Robotic Dairying

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:26

Alvin Reid says robotics is providing a welcome change to his dairy operation
Jul 2015
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NZ Walnut Industry Group

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:00

The potential for walnuts as a tree crop in Canterbury is explored
Jul 2015
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A Cracker of a Nut

Wed 01 Jul 2015
6:12

A business extracting maximum value from walnuts
Jul 2015
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Tui to Town

Wed 01 Jul 2015
6:25

Promoting native plant diversity in wildlife corridors from rural to urban areas
Jul 2015
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Vollebregt Environment Winners

Wed 01 Jul 2015
6:52

Preserving the history of Pihautea Station
Jul 2015
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Green Meadows Beef

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:15

A vertically integrated family business growing and marketing beef online
Jul 2015
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Dairy One Project

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:07

A Massey University study looking at better understanding of dairying within limits
Jul 2015
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On Farm Safety

Wed 01 Jul 2015
6:23

Helping farmers work towards safer farm practices
Jul 2015
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Putake Honey

Wed 01 Jul 2015
7:03

A South Island honey business focusing on honey varietals
Jul 2015
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Shortlands Station - Fertiliser Trials

Mon 01 Jun 2015
7:11

AgScience's Dr Peter Espie is running fertiliser trials on Shortlands Station
Jun 2015
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Te Mata Mushroom Company

Mon 01 Jun 2015
6:48

Te Mata grows around 1,000 tonnes of mushrooms each year for sale around the North Island
Jun 2015
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Organic Businesses at Arnstead Farm

Mon 01 Jun 2015
6:39

As well as a "lifestyle" farm, Maurice Hellewell runs an organic meat procurement business
Jun 2015
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Southern Pork

Mon 01 Jun 2015
6:51

Southern Pork maintains a closed high health status indoor herd of pigs
Jun 2015
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Allstar Fishing's Sustainable Catch

Mon 01 Jun 2015
7:03

Karl Warr has designed a fishing net that allows undersized fish to escape unharmed
Jun 2015
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Blue Read and Fonterra

Mon 01 Jun 2015
7:11

Blue Read is a dairy farmer who has been involved with Fonterra since its inception
Jun 2015
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Knife Skills Training at Silver Fern Farms

Mon 01 Jun 2015
6:21

A Silver Fern Farms processing plant has a programme teaching safe and efficient knife work
Jun 2015
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Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation Scheme

Mon 01 Jun 2015
6:23

A scheme delivering water to 75,000 hectares of Mid Canterbury farmland
Jun 2015
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Miraka Milk Processing

Mon 01 Jun 2015
8:56

Maori owned milk company Miraka has a geo-thermal powered plant including a UHT facility
Jun 2015
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Miraka Milk Suppliers

Mon 01 Jun 2015
5:29

The Janssen family farm has been supplying Miraka from its beginning
Jun 2015
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Redbank Lavender Oil

Mon 01 Jun 2015
6:40

A boutique lavender oil business sits within the Two Paddocks vineyard operation
Jun 2015
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Diversity in Shelterbelts and Hedgerows

Mon 01 Jun 2015
7:06

A Plant and Food Research, FAR, Sustainable Farming Fund project on plant diversity benefits
Jun 2015
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Alliance Rendering Plant

Fri 01 May 2015
6:02

A new rendering plant is adding value for the Alliance Group in Southland
May 2015
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Moore Award Winning Sharemilkers

Fri 01 May 2015
7:32

Don and Jess Moore were national title holders in the Dairy Industry awards for 2013
May 2015
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Aroha Organic Goat Cheese

Fri 01 May 2015
7:01

John and Jeanne van Kuyk produce champion cheeses including a raw goat milk cheese
May 2015
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A Supreme Environment at Pukekauri Farms

Fri 01 May 2015
6:31

A Land Environment Plan was the catalyst for this farm's environmental development
May 2015
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Land and Environment Planning Toolkit

Fri 01 May 2015
7:27

Helping farmers integrate good environmental practice with their farm systems
May 2015
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Bostock's Organic Free Range Chickens

Fri 01 May 2015
6:19

Ben Bostock has begun one of the few organic free range meat chicken farms in New Zealand
May 2015
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Weal's Robotic Milking System

Fri 01 May 2015
6:47

Gavin and Susan Weal have installed a robotic milking system on their Waikato dairy farm
May 2015
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Open Orchard Heritage Fruit Project

Fri 01 May 2015
13:40

Preserving heritage fruit trees in Southland, and a grafting demonstration from Robert Guyton
May 2015
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Wormworx

Fri 01 May 2015
7:07

An ex-shepherd has built a business that recycles abbatoir and food waste using tiger worms
May 2015
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Jeff Farm

Fri 01 May 2015
6:54

A farm owned by the Salvation Army trains cadets and raises funds for charity and education
May 2015
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Inshore Commercial Fishing in Tauranga Harbour

Fri 01 May 2015
6:32

Brian Kiddie has a licence to catch fish using a hand-pulled drag-net
May 2015