AgResearch emeritus scientist Stephen Goldson and his team are looking for more wins after taking on an elusive project to tame evil weevils, writes Tim Cronshaw.
A group of 12 to 15 arable farmers are counting about $6 million in losses from a late hail storm landing in a belt running from Canterbury’s Methven to Highbank.
A retired teacher who's a dab hand at knitting and spinning runs five flocks of purebred coloured sheep so he can provide handcraft buyers virtually every wool option they need, writes Tim Cronshaw.
A top lineup, including New Zealand’s victorious triallists in the two-test transtasman sheep dog trial series against Australia, are heading for a major showdown in South Canterbury this week.
Who would believe it - a sheep and beef farm with virtual fencing? Tim Cronshaw talks to a North Canterbury farmer who reels off a bunch of reasons for putting his hand up.
A top lineup, including New Zealand’s victorious triallists in the two-test transtasman sheep dog trial series against Australia, are heading for a major showdown in South Canterbury next month.
Hurunui’s Stuart Fraser is just a few months away from being among the first beef farmers to buy into the hi-tech collars and fenceless farming that’s made a big impression on dairying.