Maungatua Dairies sharemilker Cameron Edgecombe put smart collars on his cows in spring to gain a better work-life balance and improve his herd's reproductive performance.
Maungatua Dairies sharemilker Cameron Edgecombe put smart collars on his cows in spring to gain a better work-life balance and improve his herd's reproductive performance.
Two of the nation's top environmental farmers, Phillip and Jocelyn Everest, know there's more work to do after an overseas study tour, writes Tim Cronshaw.
The lamb crop is down by about one million, led by a South Island decline as a shrinking ewe flock and decrease in the lambing percentage takes a toll.
A farming couple just outside of Ashburton are understood to have set a record prime cattle price after breaking the $4 a kilogram liveweight barrier with a Limousin steer.
Arable leaders have written up a new strategy to give cropping farmers the skills, quality assurance and infrastructure for their future growth and profitability.
Otago Daily Times Rural Life champions Steve and Tracy Henderson celebrate their win with a community gathering on their Awarua farm last Thursday night.
He has presented at more than 100 events, welcomed more than 12,000 visitors to his all-electric orchard near Cromwell and made close to 100 media appearances — and that is just this year.
If restoring confidence in farmers was the goal, Prime Minister Chris Luxon and Agriculture Minister Todd McClay more than succeeded at their public meeting in the South.