Taking stock of the driver shortage
Taking stock of the driver shortage
The Government allowing more migrant truckers into New Zealand may not address a shortage of stock truck drivers, an industry spokesman says.
Shawn McAvinue
Initial study indicates glyphosate higher in farmers
Initial study indicates glyphosate higher in farmers
Australian and New Zealand research indicates glyphosate is most likely to be found in the urine of farmers and spray operators as opposed to the general public, but more research is yet to be done.
This year’s funds to go on upgrading playground
This year’s funds to go on upgrading playground
Maheno School annual clearing sale co-organiser Vikki Purvis, of Herbert.
Trials and tragedy in 50 years of farming
Trials and tragedy in 50 years of farming
Life was good for Helen Miller in the late 1960s - she was on a new farm with her husband, had a new home and a boy and a girl under the age of two, but then her life was turned upside down.
Environmental approach is a winner
Environmental approach is a winner
A Clutha couple are "farming to a changing climate".
Lay of the land: 2 November
Lay of the land: 2 November
Shawn McAvinue asks people at the Gore Spring Cattle Sale if they had to serve St Peter a cut of pasture-raised red meat to be considered entry to the Pearly Gates, what would it be and how would they serve it?
Edi-bull treat: Gluten-free lemon slice
Edi-bull treat: Gluten-free lemon slice
Rockley Angus owner Katherine McCallum shares her gluten-free lemon slice recipe, which she served at her annual yearling bull auction in Northern Southland.
People: Angus yearling bull sale
People: Angus yearling bull sale
More than 80 people attended the Rockley Angus yearling bull sale in Northern Southland last week.
Budget blow-out on black bull
Angus bull sets sale record for Northern Southland
Shawn McAvinue was at the final yearling bull sale of the season in Norther Southland and found they'd kept the best for last.
Challenges ahead despite record profit
Challenges ahead despite record profit
Red meat processor and exporter Alliance Group is celebrating a record profit, but supply-chain challenges remain, bosses say.
Call for bale wrap to be easier to recycle
Call for bale wrap to be easier to recycle
Calls have been made for bale wrap to be only one colour and for farmers to be discounted for presenting it in a top condition for recycling.
Dairy hub starts to hit its straps
Dairy hub starts to hit its straps
About 50 people attended a field day at the hub farm, about 15km north of Invercargill, last week.
Connections made on Australian tour
Connections made on Australian tour
Angus New Zealand vice president Mike Smith, of Queenstown, at Millah Murrah bull sale in Australia last month.
Red meat pricing ‘going in the right direction’
Red meat pricing ‘going in the right direction’
Red meat prices remain "solid" as a southern farmer calls for simpler kill sheets and better auditors.
Record profits for Alliance Group
Record profits for Alliance Group
Red meat processor and exporter Alliance Group is celebrating a record profit, but supply-chain challenges remain, bosses say.
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
Farmers planting winter crops in paddocks with more than a 10-degree slope, near a critical source area, or if their farm has either 10% in winter grazing — or more than...
Cows more inclined to recline in paddocks with pugging
Cows more inclined to recline in paddocks with pugging
Dairy cows will lie down more in a paddock with pugging than one where water is pooling, a scientist says.
Call for bale wrap changes
Call for bale wrap changes
Calls have been made for bale wrap to be only one colour and for farmers to be discounted for presenting it in a top condition for recycling.
Field day fodder
Field day fodder
The cows at Southern Dairy Hub are producing more milk despite a smaller winter crop footprint this season.
Auction sees record price for bull at sale, twice
Auction sees record price for bull at sale, twice
The self-proclaimed best work of bull breeder Rodney Dobson set a record for the highest bid at his on-farm sale in Western Southland, but the title was short-lived.