Shawn McAvinue

Cherry orchardist Central’s young grower of the year

Cherri Global Clyde-Roxburgh sector manager Greg Durand, of Clyde, is the 2023 Central Otago...

Cherry orchardist Central’s young grower of the year

Cherry orchard manager Greg Durand is the winner of the Central Otago Young Grower of the Year competition, and is off to the national final in October.

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.

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

A price of $9000 was received for the top lot at the Waikaka Herefords annual bull sale last week.

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

Dunedin pupil Cormac McAvinue (9) and his father Shawn prepare to disembark the boat Perfect Day...

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

Dairy farmers Owen and Cathy Copinga are bidding farewell to dairy farming in Western Southland....

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

Delmont Angus co-owners Jono and Terri Cochrane at their annual bull sale on farm in Kuriwao...

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

Eddie Conlan (left) has a cuppa with fellow triallist Russell Peek and his dog, Rose, at the...

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

Set for the annual competition in Western Southland next week are Tuatapere District Lions Club...

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

Veterinary Centre Oamaru vet Dave Robertson spoke about the theories of vaginal prolapse in ewes...

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

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

Catalyst Ag agronomist Craig Cox stands in a crop of raphanobrassica at a Beef + Lamb field day...

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

Sheep and beef farmers, Simon and Kirstin Engelbrecht, gave a tour of their block at Goodwood in...

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

Catalyst Performance Agronomy agronomist Craig Cox stands in a crop of raphanobrassica at a Beef ...

‘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

The group which collaborated on the E-Star platform (back, from left) Neil Sanderson, of Fossil...

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

Targeted Breeding centre founder and co-owner Jo Scott and co-owner and vet Reuben Brown, with...

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.

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