Country Life for Friday 2 July 2010

9:05 PM.Things are still pretty wet around much of the country but the sun is finally showing through. Audio

9:11 PM.Frank Sokoloski is a farmer from Fort Vermillion in Alberta, Canada where the winters are long and cold and the cattle are resilient. Audio

9:21 PM.Gerald and Catherine Benefield's orchard is on land that's been in the family for one hundred years. The beurre clairgeau pear they grow can be traced back to the early 1800's and the Benefield name… Read more Audio

9:27 PM.NIWA atmospheric scientist Dr Andrew McMillan is testing the effectiveness of nitrous oxide inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD), on Craige MacKenzie's dairy farm in Methven. If it works on farms, there will… Read more Audio