Country Life for Friday 21 December 2012

9:28 PM.It's the day before the150th Canterbury A&P Show opens and with more than 3,000 animals and 7,000 competitive entries, there is a lot of organising to do to insure preparations are complete before the… Read more Audio

9:16 PM.There used to be 36 sawmills in Akatarawa Valley, now only one remains. Akatarawa Sawmills has diversified and now supplies logs to Wellington Zoo and film sets and sells firewood to keep the business… Read more Audio

9:09 PM.Most North Island pastoral farmers desperately want the forecast rain to arrive because it's as dry as mid-January in many areas, while in the South Island farmers are making hay while the sun shines.

9:05 PM.Nick Webster lives in Oamaru and grows jersey benne potatoes. He reckons they're the king of spuds for Christmas and the region, with its volcanic soils, is famous for them. Audio