More than 100 farmers gathered at Simpson Park in Lawrence on
Friday night for the annual winter crop competition and to
thank the Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust for its services.
"Irrigation really is the future" - that is the message from
North Otago Irrigation Company chief executive Robyn Wells as
the company plans for the second stage of its scheme.
European and New Zealand investors who have spent more than
$100 million buying South Island dairy farmland in recent
weeks plan to invest another $13 million in capital
development.
On-farm store lamb sales and the role of stock traders are
being questioned by a meat sector strategy report for adding
costs and little value to the meat industry.
Australian farmers may be exempt from an emissions trading
scheme - unlike their New Zealand counterparts - but from
next year, they will be able to earn income by selling carbon
credits.
In the third of her occasional series on gardens landscaped by Alfred Buxton, Gillian Vine visits a Pukerau property that has been farmed by four generations of the Scott family.
Farmers have invested more than $62 million in developing
their farms over the past five years to take advantage of
irrigation from the North Otago Irrigation Company scheme
covering 10,000ha on the North Otago Downlands and in the
Waiareka Valley.
