More Info →Roger Berry: life as a vet, part 3 - Manawatu Conversations

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Broadcast on Manawatu People's Radio 5th March 2019. Roger Berry, Part 3 of 3.  Clydesdale horses, calm and powerful. Thoroughbreds, handling, Sir Tristram. Intelligence of animals, Roger’s heading dog. Working with dogs. Eye/heading dogs, huntaways. Animal welfare. Free-ranging. Move to factory farming, but now concerns. Current farming of chickens. Superannuation Funds as big investors in farming. Retired in 1986, time of diversification of farming, deer, ostriches, goats. Breeding for quality, Romneys. Feed lots. Pollution from dairy farming. A “slush dam”. 

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Object type

Audio

Date

March 5, 2019

Digitisation ID

COMM1553632494

Format

Born Digital

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IMCA Digital Archive