Even though Nicola Blowey's parents sold their dairy farm in Devon just before she was born, farming has remained in her veins. After studying agriculture in the UK she came to South Canterbury to work on a dairy farm. It was meant to be for 12 months but four years on she's still here and rising up the industry ranks.

Philip Guscott specialises in farm succession planning for sheep and beef farmers. As he heads towards retirement, he shares some of the advice he's been giving for the past 35 years.

Avocado exports are just starting,  apple growers are thinking about heavily pruning crops because there'll be so few workers to pick their fruit,  a crisp minus seven degrees hit the Mackenzie country this week and most of the South Island needs more rain.

Anna Blair Northland Bull farmer, Dairy Trainee of the Year from 2019, Phil Guscott talks farm succession.

Katie Earle started Bush Farm School because she's passionate about sustainability and wants children to be more resilient and resourceful. The primary school teacher has teamed up with Banks Peninsula sheep farmer Stella Bauer to develop a hands-on farm programme that gets 5 to 12 year-olds out of the classroom and understanding where food and fibre comes from.

Feedback from listeners.

When Richard Ashcroft was a boy he loved sailing toy boats down a stream, building huts and swinging on vines in the bush. He thinks modern day kids especially those in towns and cities have been missing out so he's put his landscaping talents to work designing and building kindy play areas which mimic the natural world.

The Rare Breeds Conservation Society wants to know how many rare breed animals are in New Zealand and where they are located.

There's been perfect lambing weather in the North Island and calves are arriving early in Otago.

Regional wrap; a census of rare breeds in NZ; Free to Roam; An action-packed farm experience for urban kids; Feedback from listeners.