Sheep

The replacement heifer calves are drenched and weighed, mating gets underway in the sheep paddocks and the tractor needs urgent repairs. Audio

Genna says the New Zealand Farm Environment Trust Biodiversity Award acknowledges the couple's focus on protecting the 200 hectares of native bush on the property. Audio

The shearers' quarters at Davaar Station are a popular stop-off for locals and tourists on the Te Anau-Mossburn Highway. Inside, Anna Macdonald tickles their taste buds with sweets while her older… Audio

The unique limestone hills of the Waipara Valley are home to Greystone's 50-hectare organic vineyard. General manager and founding viticulturist Nick Gill says that despite a lack of direct sunlight… Audio

It's a big week for the sport of lamb shearing. On Tuesday 19 year old Reuben Alabaster, raised in Taihape, beat a decade-long world record of 744 lambs in eight hours by Irish shearer Ivan Scott at… Audio

It's a hot day in the yards as Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird start the pre-summer task of crutching a mob of woolly sheep. Audio

A mob of bouncy lambs locate their baaing mums after having their tails docked by Oxford farmers Alistair and Genna Bird. Video, Audio

Best of 2022 - With crossbred wool prices remaining low, Canterbury sheep farmers Jane and Mark Schwass are producing exercise mats with their wool clip. Audio

Country Life is at one of the oldest saleyards in the country watching sheep and cattle go under the hammer and meeting the team who run weekly auctions at Coalgate. Audio

Aaron Dodd, Chief Investigator and Deputy Director of the Centre for Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis, based at the University of Melbourne, chats about the foot and mouth disease risk for New… Audio