Lukewarm reaction to milk price
Lukewarm reaction to milk price
Dairy farmers are reminding sideline commentators going "bonkers" about the prospect of a $9 payout that it comes on the back of a break-even season.
Tim Cronshaw
Moving from music industry to wool
Moving from music industry to wool
PGG Wrightson's new wool manager Rachel Shearer picked up some good lessons from a stint in the rock and roll world, writes Tim Cronshaw.
Moving from music industry to wool industry
Moving from music industry to wool industry
PGG Wrightson’s new wool manager picked up some good lessons from a stint in the rock’n’roll world, Tim Cronshaw writes.
‘Very rare tractor’ saved from rust
‘Very rare tractor’ saved from rust
A rare post-World War 2 tractor consigned to the too-hard basket has been saved by a South Canterbury collector.
Finalists contributing to sector
Finalists contributing to sector
Royalburn Station’s Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie are in the running with two other finalists for an award category at the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards (B+LNZ).
Habitat work to help endangered skink
Habitat work to help endangered skink
Canterbury school children got their hands dirty for a good cause at Pāmu’s Eyrewell Dairy farm recently — to help protect an endangered lizard.
Patoa Farms gets behind Meat the Need cause
Patoa Farms gets behind Meat the Need cause
North Canterbury’s free-farm piggery Patoa Farms is the latest to join a farmer-led charity putting food on plates for food banks.
Canty connection at Feds’ origins
Canty connection at Feds’ origins
A strong Canterbury connection can be traced at the start of Federated Farmers, which is celebrating 125 years of standing up for farmers.
Farmer championed conservation
Farmer championed conservation
High country farmers have lost a leader called a true champion of farming and conservation.
Positive future ahead as shareholders bail out
Positive future ahead as shareholders bail out
The shaky financial future of Synlait Milk is being steadied after a vote in favour of major shareholders bailing it out.
An eye for detail
An eye for detail
A trained panel beater has gone from taking dents out of cars to become the country's top cereal grower, Tim Cronshaw reports.
‘Very rare tractor’ saved from rust
‘Very rare tractor’ saved from rust
A rare post-World War 2 tractor consigned to the too-hard basket has been saved by a South Canterbury collector.
New Fonterra plant to create jobs
New Fonterra plant promises to create jobs for locals
Work is due to start this month on Fonterra’s $75 million protein development plant at its Studholme site near Waimate.
Excellence in fencing recognised
Excellence in fencing recognised
Canterbury fencer Scott Heasley has been singled out in industry awards for outstanding work off the field.
Banks boost milk price forecasts
Banks boost milk price forecasts
A squeeze on global milk supplies has encouraged many banks to lift their payout forecast above the $8.50 midpoint foreshadowed by Fonterra.
Protein plant to add jobs, value
Protein plant to add jobs, value
Dairy co-operative Fonterra’s $75 million high value protein development at its Studholme site will create jobs in the Waimate area as well as adding value for farmers, it says.
Retiring chief advanced industry
Retiring chief advanced industry
Grain and seed chief Thomas Chin’s working days are coming to an end.
Students developing test for Johne’s
Students developing test for Johne’s
Farmers could be big winners if a new device being developed by University of Canterbury students can detect Johne’s disease in cattle faster than week-long laboratory tests.
Solar energy has the power to change Mt Somers farm
Solar energy has the power to change Mt Somers farm
Deer farmer Duncan Humm has found a new way of harnessing the sun for the family's Mt Somers dryland property, writes Tim Cronshaw.
Giant farm clearance sale returning
Giant farm clearance sale returning
The unwanted contents of old farm sheds and workshops are being emptied out for a giant farm clearance sale for central Canterbury’s Greendale School on September 6.