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Canterbury farmers keep weather eye out for potentially costly super El Niño

$Canterbury dairy farmers enjoying plentiful pasture growth and good rain this spring are also wary of the costly spillover from strong El Ni\\u00F1o forecasts. Photo: Tim Cronshaw$

$Canterbury dairy farmers enjoying plentiful pasture growth and good rain this spring are also wary of the costly spillover from strong El Ni\\u00F1o forecasts. Photo: Tim Cronshaw$

Canterbury dairy farmers enjoying plentiful pasture growth and good rain this spring are also wary of the costly spillover from strong El Niño forecasts. Photo: Tim Cronshaw

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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Rural Life OtherSeptember 30

Southland farmers endure frigid start to season as they count up lamb losses

Widespread losses of lambs perishing in spring storms are a setback for Southland farmers counting on reinvesting high returns into farms.

Tim Cronshaw

Southland farmers endure frigid start to season as they count up lamb losses

Southland farmers endure frigid start to season as they count up lamb losses

Rural Life OtherSeptember 30

Kaah: call for rooks in Otago to be reported

A call is out for rook sightings in Otago following reports of lone males across the district.

Kaah: call for rooks in Otago to be reported

Kaah: call for rooks in Otago to be reported

Rural EventsSeptember 30

Training for Antarctica-bound maintenance crew

A telehandler fleet maintenance team got in some training on their way to work in Antarctica.

Training for Antarctica-bound maintenance crew

Training for Antarctica-bound maintenance crew

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Rural LifeSeptember 30

Ashburton woman falls into dream job seeing the world as a seed potato manager

Sitting on a tractor seat can take you places more than just the end of the paddock. Seed potato quality and field manager Amber Davy knows this well, writes Tim Cronshaw.

Tim Cronshaw

Ashburton woman falls into dream job seeing the world as a seed potato manager

Ashburton woman falls into dream job seeing the world as a seed potato manager