Country Life for Friday 12 April 2013

9:05 PM.The North Island is desperately waiting for the forecast rain to arrive in the next couple of days while in the South Island there's a backlog of lambs waiting to go to the works. Audio

9:11 PM.Rion Belfield has just held the 60th consecutive annual Jersey dairy stud sale on his property. Audio

9:13 PM.A selection of agricultural news from the week. For further rural news go to the Radio New Zealand website. Audio

9:16 PM.Arnold Van Asch has been breeding South Devon cattle on his farm up the Awatere Valley for over 35 years. Audio

9:27 PM.The persistence of the pasture at Sheep Heaven, the lifestyle block sheep farm, isn't great so regrassing is the name of the game. Audio

9:39 PM.Traditionally grain silos are found in the country filled with feed, however designer Stuart Wright-Stow's 'Silo Stay idea in Little River is going against the grain. Audio