Hyundai Country Calendar – Series 2017, Episode 25

G The Cowboy Way: Three family members use natural horsemanship methods on their north Canterbury farm and compete against each other in a new and fast-growing sport, Cowboy Challenge.

G The Soil Beneath: An American couple's world-wide search for the best soil to make wine lead them to north Canterbury, where they create world class wine using biodynamic principles.

G Bull Market: The fourth, fifth and sixth generations of a family continue a tradition of aiming to breed the perfect bull and strive for record-breaking prices at their annual on-farm bull sale.

G Hard Nut to Crack: A macadamia nut grower hopes other Maori landowners follow her example to make a good profit from their land. She has spent 30 years finding the trees that give the best return.

G Horse Talk: A couple who met through a mutual love of horses now have their own farm, where they have achieved their dream of spending their lives training both horses and riders.

G A Te Puke family who diversified into avocados 40 years ago enjoy seeing new growth in the industry as two exporters join forces to expand markets in Japan and Australia.

G Two families farm cattle in a remote south Westland valley. They enjoy the adventure of being off-grid as they join together to muster cows and calves for the annual sale.

G A Canterbury family grows barley and turns it into malt which they sell to international craft brewers. Their traditional cropping farm is now home to a state-of-the-art malt-house.

G A farmer breeds top eventing and show-jumping horses by letting them run free on his Gisborne hill-country farm, where they develop their own unique style and spirit.

G Living the Life: A couple aim to grow all their own food in a sustainable way on their Waikato farmlet. Cows, pigs and ducks live beneath a canopy of trees that yield fresh fruit all year round.