Finding the path to farm ownership
About 80 people attended the Beef + Lamb event "Different routes into land ownership" in Balclutha recently.
Rural life
Helping next generation succeed
Helping next generation succeed
Farm owners need to help the next generation be successful, West Otago farmer Allan Richardson says.
Equity partnerships need the right people
Equity partnerships need the right people
Experience and passion overrules equity, Dunedin real estate consultant Brent Irving says.
White paper addresses succession challenge
White paper addresses succession challenge
More than $150 billion in farming assets in New Zealand will require a succession process in the next decade, Rabobank New Zealand chief executive Todd Charteris says.
Planning business details ‘essential’
Planning business details ‘essential’
Farm ownership has no right or wrong approach but everything will be great in the beginning, a rural accountant says.
Trust important in three-way equity partnership, farmer says
Trust important in three-way equity partnership, farmer says
Trust is an important part of a three-way equity partnership in a Strath Taieri sheep and beef farm.
Pooling together in Poolburn
Pooling together in Poolburn
A sheep and beef finishing unit is developing in Central Otago.
Davis joins fellow farmers in scheme to accelerate beef genetic benefits
Davis joins fellow farmers in scheme to accelerate beef genetic benefits
Central Otago farmer Tim Davis is a new commercial farmer in the Informing New Zealand Beef programme.
Roy honoured for contribution
Roy honoured for contribution
Southland farmer and New Zealand Pork chairman Eric Roy was recognised with the outstanding contribution to primary industries award last week.
Roy honoured for contribution
Roy honoured for contribution
Southland farmer and New Zealand Pork chairman Eric Roy was recognised with the outstanding contribution to primary industries award last week.
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
Beef + Lamb New Zealand research shows prices for farm inputs fell 0.6% in the year to March.
Bull pulls a record price
Bull pulls a record price
Angus bull Fossil Creek Urban U032 AB bellows after being sold for $71,000 at the 25th annual Fossil Creek bull sale in North Otago yesterday.
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Pests impede deer repellent trial
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Pests impede deer repellent trial
Possums are interfering with a trial to find out if white-tail deer avoid bait laced with a deer repellent.
Call for ‘townie’ dogs to be dosed
Call for ‘townie’ dogs to be dosed
Manuherikia sheep farmer Irene Leask believes "townie ignorance" is costing her business.
Hoggard: Can’t ‘smash through’ change
Hoggard: Can’t ‘smash through’ change
Act New Zealand MP Andrew Hoggard visited Gore last week to speak on issues facing local producers, including the conversion of farms to forests, but said changes to the surrounding law were not...
Smithfield buyer’s identity under wraps
Smithfield buyer’s identity under wraps
The new owner of Alliance Group’s Smithfield meat processing plant site in Timaru could remain unknown for several months until public records go through the Timaru District Council.
Optimism for bull-selling season
Optimism for bull-selling season
The next few weeks will tell if high export beef prices and a more upbeat mood rubs off on farmer spending at Canterbury bull sales.
'I’m going to miss it like hell'
‘So proud’ of firm, retiring director says
After 17 years as a director of Silver Fern Farms, and more than 11 of those as chairman, Rob Hewett has officially stepped down.
Game council lauds wapiti application
Game council lauds wapiti application
The New Zealand Game Animal Council says protecting wapiti deer would preserve an unparalleled opportunity for a hunting icon.
Anzco profit down at $8.4m for year to Dec
Anzco profit down at $8.4m for year to Dec
Meat processor and exporter Anzco Foods has weathered another challenging season, posting a lower profit of $8.4 million after tax.