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Cherry pickers already busy
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Cherry pickers already busy
The cherry season is fast approaching with the most anticipated varieties right around the corner for people to pick and enjoy in orchards across Cromwell.
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Iron sharpens iron: call for critical mass of Poll Dorset breeders
Iron sharpens iron: call for critical mass of Poll Dorset breeders
Poll Dorset ram breeder Peter Gardyne continues to grow his stud near Gore.
Quality wool traits assist survival
Quality wool traits assist survival
Wool plays an integral part in a flock being able to survive horrendous weather, a West Otago ram breeder says.
Tough season for rural contractors
Tough season for rural contractors
The silage and baleage sector in Southland is "a nightmare", Daryl Thompson says.
Healthy lambs need healthy ewes
Healthy lambs need healthy ewes
Growing a great lamb requires a continual maintenance of the ewe’s body condition, a southern farm consultant says.
Sharing the benefits of forestry
Sharing the benefits of forestry
A joint forestry venture is growing to make money from "hard and tough" parts of a Strath Taieri sheep and beef farm.
Rural children get a lesson on health, safety and wellbeing
Rural children get a lesson on health, safety and wellbeing
Duntroon hosted a Think Safe Brain Farming Day for pupils from Duntroon and Waitaki Valley schools last Wednesday.
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No new member for regional council
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No new member for regional council
The Otago Regional Council will not replace Cr Bryan Scott, who resigned to protest government intervention.
Government getting ready to reinstate live exports
Government getting ready to reinstate live exports
The government is reinstating the trade of livestock exports by sea.
Sharefarming risks highlighted in workshop
Sharefarming risks highlighted in workshop
I’m writing this off the back of a series of successful events Federated Farmers has hosted around the country for sharefarmers and sharefarm owners.
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Humans, equines to clash in endurance contest
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Humans, equines to clash in endurance contest
A galloping racehorse can top 70kmh, yet the fastest man in history, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, could reach speeds of only about 44kmh.
Brazilians learn New Zealand ways
Brazilians learn New Zealand ways
A tour of New Zealand by 32 Brazilian farmers on an agri leadership programme stopped at Forest Lodge Orchard in Mount Pisa on Wednesday last week.
West Otago A&P Show
West Otago A&P Show
People flocked to the 111th West Otago A&P Show in Tapanui on Saturday. Shawn McAvinue photographed some of the action.
Celebrating memories, and lifetimes on the farm
Celebrating memories, and lifetimes on the farm
The Gibson family, of Malvern Downs, marked 100 years on the Tarras property with a celebration at the weekend.
Tough year, loss of $14.3m for Farmlands rural supply store
Tough year, loss of $14.3m for Farmlands rural supply store
Rural supplies co-operative Farmlands has announced a $14.3 million full-year net loss on the back of a $68.2m drop in revenue for the year ended June 30.
Alliance posts $95.8m loss
Alliance posts $95.8m loss
Alliance Group has posted a full-year after-tax loss of $95.8 million but is forecasting a return to profitability in the current financial year.
Flourishing in deep end of dream job
Flourishing in deep end of dream job
The voluntary bonding scheme for veterinarians was launched in 2009 to help ease a shortage of veterinarians working with production animals and working dogs in rural New Zealand.
Farmers welcome farm-plan extension
Farmers welcome farm-plan extension
Southland’s Federated Farmers president says they finally have a reason to celebrate, after the government extended deadlines for their farm plans — and Environment Southland agrees it was the...
Outstanding outhouses
Outstanding outhouses
The series "Outstanding Outhouses" features images of striking structures in the rural South including this hut on a farm near Middlemarch at the foot of the Rock and Pillar Range.
Celebrating lifetimes on the farm
Celebrating lifetimes on the farm
The Gibson family, of Malvern Downs, marked 100 years on the Tarras property with a celebration at the weekend.