A round-up of the week's news from the primary sector.

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David Ruan says the colourful vegetables growing in his garden are like little cakes relying on the sun for energy, hence the name Suncakes Gardens.

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With thanks to:

• David Ruan

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This week Country Life is inside one of Fonterra's large dairy plants and meets a Canterbury farming couple making beautiful wool coats from their family's flock.

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In this episode:

• 0:38 - On the Farm
• 8:13 - The art of the auction
• 14:35 - The high-tech dairy hub feeding China's sweet tooth
• 31:06 - The Clip: Wool to Wear

With thanks to guests:

• Alex Stewart
• Matt Smith
• Charlotte and Hamish Bell, The Clip

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Driven by a desire to find a pure New Zealand wool coat, and to find more use for the bales of wool sitting idle in the shearing shed, Charlotte Bell started her fashion business The Clip. She and husband Hamish farm in Hakataramea Valley in Canterbury

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With thanks to guests:

• Charlotte and Hamish Bell, The Clip

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A growing taste for pastries, cakes and dairy-topped drinks in China and southeast Asia is fuelling demand for New Zealand-made cream cheese. Country Life takes a tour of Fonterra's high-tech factory at Darfied to see how it's made.

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With thanks to guests:

• Matt Smith

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Feilding livestock agent and saleyards auctioneer Alex Stewart on breaking into an old man's game, human calculators and conducting the sale.

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• Alex Stewart

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A wrap of conditions on farms and orchards around the country.

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This week Country Life meets a couple who've had a lifetime on the same farm, and some newcomers to the truffle industry, and the team also talk fitness with a farming-focused physiotherapist.

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In this episode:

• 0:43 - Taking physio to the farmers
• 8:15- Rural News Wrap
• 16:21 - A life on the land at Lansdown Farm
• 29:00 - Sniffing out a new life at Trufflewood

With thanks to guests:

• Storm Baynes-Ryan
• Ian and Pam Buckingham
• Lance and Nikki Dodd, and Indie

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Indie has just finished her first harvest as a truffle hunter, showing outstanding skills for a pup. Her owners have just finished their first harvest too and are relishing life on the land after years searching for a place to call home.

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With thanks to guests:

• Lance and Nikki Dodd, and Indie

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Farmer Ian Buckingham was born at Lansdown Farm at Hook near Waimate 85 years ago and he's never left.

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• Ian and Pam Buckingham

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