This is the story of Roland Clark (aka 'Nor'wester'), a provocative and entertaining farmer and agricultural commentator, and his wife Betty, who farmed at Staveley in the Foothills area of Mid Canterbury from the 1950s to the 1980s. For more than twenty years Roland's New Zealand Farmer articles, notable for their wisdom, charm and provocative humour, were a monthly highlight for farming families throughout the country.