Country Life for Friday 29 May 2015

9:30 PM.On Tuesday mornings the Canterbury sales yards on the outskirts of Christchurch is a hive of activity. Thousands of surplus to requirement rams, ewes, lambs, calves, heifers, steers, bulls and cows… Read more Audio

9:13 PM.The Institute of Rural Health is taking a Health Pit Stop out to farmers to check on things like Blood pressure, cholesterol, BMI and sugar levels, as well as getting them to fill in a questionnaire… Read more Audio

9:05 PM.Waikato dairy consultant James Allen was a key-note speaker at agricultural field days in Osorno, Chile recently, and he talks about the dairy farming opportunities over there. Audio

9:10 PM.It's been frosty in the North Island. Winter pruning's in full swing on South Island orchards. Audio