Country Life

Hot, windy weather has been very drying for Hawke's Bay and in Nelson, the bees have been taken out of gold kiwifruit blocks and are now in with the green.

Full Episode for Friday November 19 2021.

A group of farmers near Palmerston North are taking the lab into the paddock and learning to understand and measure what's running off their land into streams and creeks and eventually the Manawatu River. Kakahi and other aquatic wildlife depend on their careful management of the land.

Fencing contactor James Ewing has two years of work ahead of him at Lees Valley Station in North Canterbury. He was erecting a deer fence along the valley road when Cosmo Kentish-Barnes stopped for a chat. Nearby, digger driver Daniel "Horse" Wycliffe repairs a damaged bridge. Farm manager Michael Whyte says the June flood event washed out the approaches to three bridges in the valley.

Lincoln University soil scientists have developed a new method to treat farm dairy effluent to produce clarified water for recycling and to reduce the environmental risks from the land application of effluent. Professor Keith Cameron says it's phenomenal how much water can be saved at a milking shed by recycling it.

Rain and hot weather has split cherries in Hawkes Bay. Southland's had a stunning week for getting crops in the ground,

Building bridges and fencing farms in an out-of-the-way valley, cleaning milking sheds made easier with clear water, testing Manawatu water and the Regional Wrap.

A group of farmers near Palmerston North are taking the lab into the paddock and learning to understand and measure what's running off their land into streams and creeks and eventually the Manawatu River. Kakahi and other aquatic wildlife depend on their careful management of the land.

Fencing contactor James Ewing has two years of work ahead of him at Lees Valley Station in North Canterbury. He was erecting a deer fence along the valley road when Cosmo Kentish-Barnes stopped for a chat. Nearby, digger driver Daniel "Horse" Wycliffe repairs a damaged bridge. Farm manager Michael Whyte says the June flood event washed out the approaches to three bridges in the valley.

Lincoln University soil scientists have developed a new method to treat farm dairy effluent to produce clarified water for recycling and to reduce the environmental risks from the land application of effluent. Professor Keith Cameron says it's phenomenal how much water can be saved at a milking shed by recycling it.