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• Changing face of forestry management

  Ingka Investments — the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest retailer of IKEA home furnishings, recently bought 12,900 ha of existing forestry in Northland taking the company’s investment in New Zealand’s forestland to nearly 30,000ha. Ingka recently invited business editor SallyRae to view its operations in South Otago, where its foray into forestry in New Zealand began.

• Low-footprint feed key for better outcome

  Real-farm data shows how feed choices — especially using more homegrown feed — are linked to lower emissions intensity, better nitrogen efficiency and high profit.

• Creating valuable experiences for all Five Forks Young Farmers Club

  Within the Five Forks Young Farmers Club, we have a diverse group of members — from farmers to baristas, North and South Americans to Scotsmen, Aussies and just plain old Kiwis.

• NZ ploughmen getting lay of Prague’s land

  Timaru reversible ploughman Bob Mehrtens is being tested on hard soils after reuniting with his trusty blue Ford 7740 tractor and plough for another tilt at the world title in the Czech Republic.

• Association annual meeting

  The Tractor and Machinery Association (Tama) is holding its annual meeting and dinner on September 4.

• More members, more activities Pleasant Point Young Farmers Club

  Pleasant Point Young Farmers is young club thriving in the South Canterbury district.

• NZ’s largest piggery has community in mind

  Motorists catching a glimpse of the 1868 Hurunui Hotel on State Highway 7 would never know they have just gone past New Zealand’s largest pig farming operation.

• Plant breeders looking to Australia

  Plant breeders are looking to Australia for a way to adopt new gene technology while still trading on New Zealand’s GMO-free status.

• Many start as students and take YF with them Lincoln Young Farmers Club

  With around 150 financial members, Lincoln is one of the largest Young Farmers clubs in New Zealand.

• New name, same trusted source

  IT is the dawn of a new era for Allied Press — now officially Allied Media.

Featured documents

• Successionplanning on a whole new scale

  A farming couple is taking forward thinking to the next level in the Mid Canterbury foothills, writes Tim Cronshaw....

• Streams’ custodians reap rewards from riparian planting

  Native corridors line the banks of three spring-fed streams passing through Harts Creek Farm in Canterbury’s Leeston....

• Make an early-season gain with subterranean clover

  Subterranean (sub) clover has the ability to produce high-quality feed in late winter and early spring....

• Park where country comes to town

  In the quarter of a century that a former Banks Peninsula farmer has kept the Canterbury A&P showgrounds spick and span, there’s one achievement he’s most proud of, writes TimCronshaw....

• Calf-rearing collaboration puts four couples into business ownership

  James Booker looks on approvingly at a brown calf with ear tag number 223....

• Unlikely pair guiding Groundswell

  They’re an unlikely pair of protesters....

• Young dairy farmer not afraid to embrace the unconventional

  Rhys Roberts isn’t shy about stepping outside of conventional thinking when it comes to mainstream dairy farming....

• Perendale pioneer awarded life membership

  Perendale breeders from throughout New Zealand converged on Queenstown last week for their annual conference. Rural editor Sally Rae headed to West Otago and caught up with them during a tour of two stud properties....

• Ploughman heading to Ireland champs without his trusty blue Ford

  It’s virtually a given that the invasion of Ukraine has spelled the end of Bob Mehrtens’ chances of ever ploughing Russia’s rich soils....

• Farming by a systemthat focuses on soil maintenance

  Veering off the beaten path to try out new farming systems and technology comes naturally for Leeston farmer David Birkett....