Country Life meets Hawke's bay stud owner Tony Thompson who's been breeding cattle for half a century. The team also find out about an organic vege growing business in Canterbury and chat to a sheep and beef farming family about diversifying their business.

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In this episode:

• 0:40 - Rural News Wrap
• 6:40 - Organic vege business mushrooms under green fingered growers
• 16:42 - Heights Farms built on family
• 29:20 - A Life of Legacy: Tony Thompson and the Glen Anthony Stud

With thanks to guests:

• Penny Platt and Isaac Green, Untamed Earth Organic Farm
• Anna and Blair Robinson, Heights Farms
• Tony Thompson, Glen Anthony Super Simmentals

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