Country Life for Friday 23 August 2013

9:05 PM.The heart-warming story of how two American city slickers came to settle in rural Wairarapa and the challenges they face living on the land. Read by the author Jared Gulian. Audio

9:11 PM.In the North Island paddocks are continuing to be shut up for early silage in many regions while conditions in the South Island are more like the end of September than the end of August. Audio

9:16 PM.Landcorp chief executive Chris Kelly is stepping down after 12 years in the job. He talks about the evolution of the country's largest farming enterprise. Audio

9:29 PM.Southland dairy farmers Vaughan and Megan Templeton have New Zealand's only authentic flax mill plant operating on its original site. It was run by Vaughan's father who was a flax miller, until the… Read more Audio