Focus on Farming (Spring '16)

It's not all just about sheep and beef at Minzion Station. The 4500ha Millers Flat property is also home to a saffron-growing enterprise and peony plot, combining an interest in both food and growing things for Sarah Macdougall.

Hilary Lennox moved to New Zealand nearly 10 years ago wanting to continue working in the environmental sector. But to get a job similar to the one she had in the UK was unlikely, as here there is little demand for searching for World War 2 bombs.

At Lincoln University’s Telford campus, Allan Roxburgh is more than just work experience co-ordinator.

For most horse riders, a saddle and bridle are key pieces of equipment. Not for Talia Allison when she does her free riding. But then Miss Allison is not your regular horse riding type of girl.

Drive south from Milton and a mob of fallow deer next to the state highway invariably catch the eye.

Reece Adamson should know a thing or two about bees. After all, his family has been beekeeping for five generations, first in South Canterbury and latterly in Central Otago.

November marks the completion of the New Zealand Landcare Trust’s Kakanui Community Catchment project in North Otago.

Beef cattle have long been a passion for Natalie Howes. Mrs Howes (29), nee Marshall, grew up on a farm at Taramoa in Southland where her family have the Benatrade Angus stud. It was a natural progression for her to become involved in both showing and judging cattle.

Dairy farming in the Saudi Arabian desert is a far cryfrom the lush, green pastures of New Zealand. For Clayton Buckley, the past 12 years working for Almarai, the world’s largest vertically integrated dairy company, have been quite an experience.