Virtual fence company Halter has cut its prices by just over a third at the same time as outperforming the national average for six-week in-calf rates.
High farm costs have failed to halt Mid Canterbury farmer Daniel Blair from making savings and lifting his bottom line after investing in fence-less technology.
Rain at the weekend may have offered some farmers temporary relief from the dry, but more is needed, Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust wellness manager Frances Beeston says.
When drafting the regional policy statement (RPS), the Otago Regional Council forgot that when farmers are hit with impractical policies and rules, it sucks the vitality out of rural communities...
A drone can scatter seed and spray weeds to allow native plants to establish in a gully on a South Otago dairy farm, technology converts Sandra and Chris Campbell say.
Financial worries have forced the organisers of the New Zealand Agricultural Show in Christchurch to postpone the event this year - but livestock judging and competitions will still be held.