Successful formula for calf rearer
Successful formula for calf rearer
Lynne Johnston has been calf rearing for about 18 years, and loves it.
Yvonne O'Hara
First online deer sale attracts several lofty bids
First online deer sale attracts several lofty bids
A mature hind sold for $7500, and a two-year-old hind went for $7200 during the Brock Deer online sale last week.
Group to prioritise staff shortages
Group to prioritise staff shortages
Addressing the shortage of primary sector staff in Southland will be one of the key roles for the new Southern Primary Sector Workforce Action Group (SPSWAG) co-ordinator.
Skills group ‘unashamedly parochial’
Skills group ‘unashamedly parochial’
The new interim Southland Regional Skills Leadership Group (SRSLG) is "unashamedly parochial in outlook", co-chairman Paul Marshall says.
Keeping farm women in touch helping
Keeping farm women in touch helping
One of the things Wendy Hopcroft is most proud of during her four years on the Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s Southern South Island Farmer Council has been the Ladies Long Lunches, which BLNZ organised...
Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill comes under fire
Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill comes under fire
Federated Farmers Otago high country chairman Andrew Paterson believes MP Eugenie Sage’s proposed Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill will make management of properties like his more difficult.
Bill raises ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ fears
Bill raises ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ fears
Brian Hore wants to invite Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage to his Northern Southland property so she can see the impact her Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill will have on the land he and his family have run since 1950.
Regenerative farming gaining ground
Regenerative farming gaining ground
More than 100 people attended a meeting in Gore recently to hear about regenerative farming.
Rug pulled from under trophy-hunt operations
Rug pulled from under trophy-hunt operations
Leithen Valley Hunts owner Rachel Stewart has had no clients and no income since New Zealand’s borders were closed.
Interest driving updates of SIT’s primary sector courses
Interest driving updates of SIT’s primary sector courses
The Southern Institute of Technology is planning to introduce or update forestry, apiculture, horticulture and aquaculture courses to cater for the increasing demand for primary sector workers.
Making the most of NZ opportunity
Making the most of NZ opportunity
Carol Booth spent an eight-month working holiday on dairy farms in West Otago six years ago.
Rodeo promoter’s award came as complete surprise
Rodeo promoter’s award came as complete surprise
Lynne McCall had no idea she had been nominated for a New Zealand Rodeo Cowboys Association award until her friend sent her a video of the presentation.
NZRCA Secretary of Year award complete surprise
NZRCA Secretary of Year award complete surprise
Even though his only rodeo claim to fame is riding a sheep when he was 6, Mark Booth has been named the New Zealand Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Secretary of the Year.
Move to full Romney solution
Move to full Romney solution
Glenham farmer Dean Rabbidge intends to improve his wool returns by moving to a full Romney flock.
Virtual field day of hub well attended
Virtual field day of hub well attended
A dairy field day without gumboots took place at the Southern Dairy Hub last week.
Courses at Telford prove very popular
Courses at Telford prove very popular
Southern Institute of Technology (SIT)’s primary sector taster camps and the rural contracting training programme are proving so successful the Telford campus is looking at running more formal...
Meeting aimed at irrigation comparisons
Meeting aimed at irrigation comparisons
A comment from a Northern Southland dairy farmer interested in benchmarking his operation against other dairy farmers who also irrigate (water, not effluent) led to a meeting to establish a group...
Connoisseurs deliberate down south
Connoisseurs deliberate down south
Yvonne O’Hara talks to the Central Otago judges in the New World Wine Awards about the challenges of finding a good wine.
Good genetics key to best performance
Good genetics key to best performance
More than 30 years of careful genetic selection is consistently paying off for the Brock family of Merino Downs, near Gore.
PGF projects ‘good start’ to fixing shearing training gaps
PGF projects ‘good start’ to fixing shearing training gaps
Quality training to ensure a quality product is the cornerstone of the wool harvesting industry, says industry trainer Tom Wilson.