Central Rural Life

The Golden Fleece competition has been cancelled for the third year in a row.

Beekeepers are starting to get edgy about another mite that pairs up overseas with varroa to become a twin pest.

Hawke’s Bay sheep and beef farmer Bruce Wills has been elected chairman of Ravensdown.

The Methven Collie Club ran its 125th anniversary trials last week.

First-time entrants Kevin and Kyla Freeman are the major winners at the West Coast/Top of the South Dairy Industry Awards.

A grass grub and slug problem could put a dent in crop yields for arable farmers after a wet summer.

South Island farmers are being urged to get a tight grip on the financial internals of their farm businesses.

Lincoln University student Georgia Moody is the first person to receive a new Future Me Scholarship by New Zealand Young Farmers(NZYF).

Big financial backers are getting behind new technology designed by a Christchurch engineer to remove the guesswork from measuring pasture growth.

A Canterbury beekeeper has begun triple-treating some of his 4000 hives to stop varroa mites destroying his bee colonies.

Covid-19 headwinds have failed to take the puff out of red meat exports.

The price of diesel has gone up so much that it cost Valetta grain farmer David Clark $4000 to fill up his combine harvester.

A Mid Canterbury sharemilker with a winning pedigree can add another title to his name after becoming the Canterbury/North Otago Share Farmer of the Year.

A creative streak goes beyond farming for a South Canterbury family, writes Tim Cronshaw.

North Canterbury school children have once again shown that the future of the rural sector is in safe hands.

A Dunsandel dairy farm manager has turned a weakness into a strength to win the Tasman FMG Young Farmer of the Year competition on his fourth attempt.

North Otago Sustainable Land Management (Noslam) members are on a high, after a day of judging for the Ballance Farm Environment Awards last month.

The eagerly awaited annual Leeston Fete has had to be cancelled this year.