Exemplary operators
Exemplary operators
Strath Taieri farmers Steven and Kellie Nichol have been crowned the 2023 National Ambassadors for Sustainable Farming and Growing and are the recipients of the Gordon Stephenson Trophy.
Shawn McAvinue
Prize trip an eye-opener
Prize trip an eye-opener
Dunedin schoolboy Cormac McAvinue was a winner of an annual competition to be able to snorkel at Poor Knights Islands marine reserve off the east coast of Northland.
$9000 for sale’s top lot
$9000 for sale’s top lot
A price of $9000 was received for the top lot at the Waikaka Herefords annual bull sale last week.
Deep and powerful
Deep and powerful
Rising 2-year-old bull Limehills Belter 210473 sold for the top price of $27,000 at the Limehills Herefords 44th annual sale in Millers Flat last month.
Prize trip an eye-opening experience
Prize trip an eye-opening experience
Dunedin schoolboy Cormac McAvinue (9) was a winner of an annual competition to be able to snorkel at Poor Knights Islands marine reserve off the east coast of Northland. His father, Allied...
Change of tack to invest in gold
Change of tack to invest in gold
When Owen and Cathy Copinga depart their dairy farm and Holstein Friesian stud in Western Southland for the final time today, they close a chapter more than two decades in the making.
Making bull sales a family affair
Making bull sales a family affair
Jono Cochrane now has the run of the family farm in South Otago since his parents moved to the Lakes District but he and his dad John continue to collaborate when it is time to introduce new...
Peek enjoying return to trialling
Peek enjoying return to trialling
Southland dog triallist Russell Peek had nothing left to prove when he gave up the sport as his wife Lynda began battling cancer for five years until she died in 2020.
Bull fetches top price of $23,000
Bull fetches top price of $23,000
Stud bull Kincardine Stormmaker 118 fetched the top price of $23,000 at the Kincardine Angus on-farm sale in Lake Hayes last week.
More entries to baleage competition expected
More entries to baleage competition expected
An outstanding spring and summer for making supplementary feed in Western Southland may increase the number of entries in an annual hay and baleage competition next week but will hopefully not...
Various ways to minimise bearings
Various ways to minimise bearings
Theories to prevent bearings in ewes include avoiding gorge feeding and shearing them in the middle of winter to let the sunshine in, a vet says.
Farm plans a second covenant
Farm plans a second covenant
Simon and Kirstin Engelbrecht are set to increase the long-term permanent protection of the biodiversity on their sheep and beef farm in East Otago.
Raphano suggested as an option for dry conditions
Raphano suggested as an option for dry conditions
East Otago farmer Simon Engelbrecht has a love-hate relationship with raphanobrassica.
Farming style evolving with the times
Farming style evolving with the times
This autumn in East Otago has been the best for farming in more than 30 years, and lambs are being kept on to eat a feed surplus.
‘Hated’ raphano may have its place
‘Hated’ raphano may have its place
East Otago farmer Simon Engelbrecht has a love-hate relationship with raphanobrassica.
Great autumn sees lambs kept on to eat feed surplus
Great autumn sees lambs kept on to eat feed surplus
Animal health, navigating an East Otago summer, and farm biodiversity were on the agenda when Simon and Kirstin Engelbrecht hosted a Beef + Lamb Farming for Profit field day on their Goodwood sheep and beef farm.
Improving beef industry genetics
Improving beef industry genetics
Angus bull breeders, including two Otago studs, have collaborated to design a platform to breed better beef by focusing on efficiency.
Workshop advises on assessing bulls
Workshop advises on assessing bulls
Bigger is not always better when it comes to bull testicles, a vet says.
Second covenant planned
Second covenant planned
Simon and Kirstin Engelbrecht are set to increase the long-term permanent protection of the biodiversity on their sheep and beef farm in East Otago.
Reducing likelihood of a bearing year
Reducing likelihood of a bearing year
Theories to prevent bearings in ewes include avoiding gorge feeding and shearing them in the middle of winter to let the sunshine in, a vet says.