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Rural Events
Farm sales rise reflects higher milk prices
Farm sales rise reflects higher milk prices
Dairy farmers have their wallets out again as farm sales rise sharply in Southland and Canterbury on the back of higher milk prices.
Forestry conversions spur study
Forestry conversions spur study
Rural mental health advocate Kathryn Wright is undertaking what she believes to be the first social research in New Zealand on population loss due to forestry conversions.
Organic veg farm loses $250k worth of crops
Organic veg farm loses $250k worth of crops in floods
An organic vegetable farm in Canterbury lost about $250,000 of crops in the flooding which saturated the region in early May.
Southland dairy farmer who exploited workers cops further fine
Southland dairy farmer who exploited workers cops further fine
A Southland dairy farmer who ripped off his workers has been penalised a further $15,000 for obstructing the employment authority's investigation.
Expansion of shed generates optimism
Expansion of shed generates optimism
A project to extend a milking shed is coming to an end, as calving begins on a dairy farm near Mataura.
New pad ‘future-proofing’ farm
New pad ‘future-proofing’ farm
In the first of a three-part series, Shawn McAvinue visits Southland dairy farms using different types of off-paddock infrastructure for calving, wintering, feeding and stand-off management.
Grant to help reduce feral pigs, deer
Grant to help reduce feral pigs, deer
A Central Southland catchment group will use a grant to continue its work to reduce feral pig and deer numbers in the Hokonui Hills.
Laser weeder on the job in Southland
Laser weeder on the job in Southland
A robotic weeder is the first of its kinds in New Zealand, a Southland vegetable grower says.
Farming in Catlins calls again after stint steering Oritain
Farming in Catlins calls again after stint steering Oritain
Otago businessman Grant Cochrane was always going to return to farming, he just got side-tracked a little on the way.
Butter price likely to stick as demand lifts
Butter price likely to stick as demand lifts
Butter buyers flinching at $8.60 for a 500g block are unlikely to see this dropping any time soon as Fonterra glimpses more international demand ahead and dismisses talk of discounts or a two-tier...
Obituary: ‘nearly honest’, with a big heart
Obituary: ‘nearly honest’, with a big heart
EDWARD (BRENT) HICKEY Wool buyer "Heaven just got a whole lot louder."
Young grower relishing NZ opportunities
Young grower relishing NZ opportunities
A year of backpacking led South African man Steven Rink to finding a new home managing vegetable growing in Canterbury.
Out with coal boilers, in with wood pellets
Out with coal boilers, in with wood pellets
Fonterra expects to wrap up an emission-slashing conversion of two coal-fired boilers to wood pellets at its South Canterbury milk processing site at Clandeboye by September.
Farms not always just for farming
Farms not always just for farming
Lancashire agribusinessman Olly Harrison makes more money from outside income than from his cropping business, Tim Cronshaw writes.
Dairy chairman rising to challenge
Dairy chairman rising to challenge
Running a dairy farm next to a lake has its challenges for 50:50 sharemilker Karl Dean who has just taken on a bigger job, Tim Cronshaw writes.
Young leaders to step up: president
Young leaders to step up: president
The election of Canterbury sharemilker Karl Dean to the national dairy chairman role for Federated Farmers will cause Bex Green to step up as North Canterbury’s president.
Positive outlook for beef, sheepmeat
Positive outlook for beef, sheepmeat
More mileage in record beef prices and near-record sheepmeat returns is on the cards with further highs in the marketplace likely next year.
Butter price likely to stick as demand lifts
Butter price likely to stick as demand lifts
Butter buyers flinching at $8.60 for a 500g block are unlikely to see this dropping any time soon as Fonterra glimpses more international demand ahead and dismisses talk of discounts or a two-tier...
Strategy to help counter non-tariff trade barriers
Strategy to help counter non-tariff trade barriers
The red meat industry has new evidence non-tariff trade barriers are costing it an estimated $1.5 billion every year.