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- Camp reveals rising stars in dairy world
Holly Powell is tucking away a few tricks of the trade for a major dairy event after picking them up at a skills camp in Rangiora.
- Top farmer to take on competition
A national top-three placegetter will try his hand again in the Aorangi regional final of the Young Farmer of the Year competition.
- All eyes on next month’s OCR review
The bruised confidence of farmers shows little sign of healing soon as all eyes focus on next month’s official cash rate (OCR) review.
- Hoping for big turnout to mark saleyards’ 125th
This month’s Hawarden Ewe Fair will carry special significance.
- New sponsor for awards
New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards has welcomed a new national sponsor.
- At-risk gulls return to Opuha Dam
For the second year in a row, endangered tarapuka (black-billed gull — Chroicocephalus bulleri) are nesting on the lower weir structure at the Opuha Dam, near Fairlie.
- Improvements to better reflect herds for gain
NZAEL recently made two key updates to its animal evaluation process, giving farmers more confidence in Breeding Worth (BW) data and better reflecting animals in their individual herds.
- Pride must be restored in farmers
IN Chinese astrology, 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit.
- Wetland rule changes will help farmers
Changes to freshwater regulations will help farmers continue to invest in wetland restoration, DairyNZ says.
- Crop yields, prices looking healthy
Canterbury growers are eager to put last season’s dismal harvest behind them with a much better cropping result over the next few months.
Featured documents
- Unlikely pair guiding Groundswell
They’re an unlikely pair of protesters....
- Cheviot-romney cross perendales still productive, compelling breed
When Tim Anderson’s grandfather and father first stepped foot on the family farm in 1945, there was no end of ‘‘bush bashing’’ ahead of them....
- Chooks, baby girl help with new start
It’s been a roller-coaster ride for South Canterbury farmers Kelly and Morgan Campbell since their cattle were the first in New Zealand to be depopulated due to Mycoplasma bovis. But they have come out the other side with a new business venture. Rural editor Sally Rae reports....
- Call to heed the rise of animal-free dairy products
Imagine Milk without a Moo — that’s the title of a Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme report written by food technologist Anna Benny who also happens to live on a Clydevale dairy farm. She talks to business and rural editor SallyRae about why she believes New Zealand’s dairy industry is facing a...
- Family does hard yards to transform station
The Pavletich family recently celebrated 100 years of farming Station Peak, on the north bank of the Waitaki River. Rural editor Sally Rae speaks to them about their lengthy tenure on the land — and their plans for the future....
- Musical interlude for dryland arable operation
Music is a family affair for the Talbots who run a dryland arable and finishing operation at Waitohi, just outside of Temuka....
- Cheviot-romney cross perendales still productive, compelling breed
When Tim Anderson’s grandfather and father first stepped foot on the family farm in 1945, there was no end of ‘‘bush bashing’’ ahead of them....
- Investing capital wisely and waiting for the right farm to buy important
Mid Canterbury sharemilker Will Green has mapped out a course to own a dairy farm in five years, and build a family home with his partner, Sally....
- Ngai Tahu farm working towards a sustainable future
Not that long ago a forest stood where Ngai Tahu’s vast dairy, grazing and sheep and beef farm operation has sprung up at Canterbury’s Eyrewell....
- Lucerne key in gaining more punch from feed, team finds
Prof Derrick Moot plucks off a fresh stalk of lucerne which he fondly calls ‘‘God’s own plant’’....