Family’s wheat hit ‘all marks’
Family’s wheat hit ‘all marks’
Mid Canterbury’s Blain family from Strathern Farm won the judges over for growing the best wheat crop last season in the United Wheatgrowers’ competition.
Rural life
Giant farm clearance sale returning
Giant farm clearance sale returning
The unwanted contents of old farm sheds and workshops are being emptied out for a giant farm clearance sale for central Canterbury’s Greendale School on September 6.
Dog trialists selected
Dog trialists selected
Two southern dog trialists have been selected to represent New Zealand in a three-test series against Australia for the Wayleggo Cup across the Ditch next month.
Orchardist picked for programme
Orchardist picked for programme
Central Otago orchardist Tim Officer has been picked for a Horticulture New Zealand leadership programme.
Judges praise Riversdale farmer’s seed operation
Judges praise Riversdale farmer’s seed operation
Northern Southland farmer Scott Rome is the 2024 seed grower of the year.
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Practice makes perfect
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Practice makes perfect
Middlemarch ploughing team Sean Leslie and Casey Tilson train for the Middlemarch and Taieri ploughing competition in September with Clydesdales Gordon and Doug.
Dogs set to grace the floor at indoor sale
Dogs set to grace the floor at indoor sale
A proven heading dog is set to grace the Southern Indoor Charity Dog Sale near Gore on Saturday.
Keen interest shown in farm cadetships
Keen interest shown in farm cadetships
Jeff Farm general manager Michael Benton talks to Shawn McAvinue about the cadetship open day on the sheep, beef and deer farm in Kaiwera on August 3.
Ploughmen ready to roll in world competition
Ploughmen ready to roll in world competition
Timaru truck driver Bob Mehrtens and Riversdale cropping farmer Mark Dillon are days away from a tilt at the World Ploughing Contest in Estonia.
Three Southerners make awards finals
Three Southerners make awards finals
Three southerners are among the cream of the cropping industry.
Sharing skills, raising funds
Sharing skills, raising funds
Science and philanthropy came together again at the West Otago Hay and Baleage Auction recently.
Open day promotes agricultural industry
Open day promotes agricultural industry
At least 70 prospective students attended Telford College’s open day on July 19.
Quick-fire quiz gives Dodson win
Quick-fire quiz gives Dodson win
Charing Cross dairy farmer George Dodson hopes the profile from his big win in the Young Farmer of the Year competition will get him a step closer to earning a coveted sharemilking job.
Options for reducing agrichemicals
Options for reducing agrichemicals
Growers wanting to reduce agrichemicals in their crops and unsure where to start will learn more at a series of Foundation for Arable Research (FAR) events next month.
Arable’s achievements highlighted
Arable’s achievements highlighted
From a farmer experimenting with nitrogen-fixing faba beans to an agronomy veteran helping with world-record wheat yield attempts, the 2024 Arable Award finalists have been named.
Not just furrows and ploughs
Not just furrows and ploughs
Competitors vied for the straightest furrows during two days of ploughing competitions in North Canterbury.
Enthusiasm for food-production
Enthusiasm for food-production
More than 20 secondary school students from throughout New Zealand recently completed a three-day live-in programme to learn about careers in the food-production supply chain.
Cow cream of the crop at competition
Cow cream of the crop at competition
A Southland veteran cow was among the winners of an annual national competition judging individual Holstein Friesians on type at their home properties.
North Canterbury cows take top awards
North Canterbury cows take top awards
North Canterbury Holstein Friesian dairy cattle breeders were victorious at the breed’s recent New Zealand annual conference and awards in Hamilton.
Fencing duo have winning ways in competitions
Fencing duo have winning ways in competitions
South Otago contractor Craig Sinclair continues to nail fencing competitions.