Sheep and beef farmer Brendon Cross continues to work around ‘‘frustrating’’ slips triggered by up to 200mm of rainfall in two days across his properties on Otago Peninsula.
Canterbury sheep and beef farmers who lapped up the wisdom of mentors when they were young are paying it back by being part of Growing Future Farmers (GFF).
The Foundation for Arable Research’s (FAR) main event of the year will feed growers the latest developments on managing crops at its Mid Canterbury site.
Southland tailing contractor Jack Lyders laughs that his sheep-farming clients have been on a default mode, ‘‘always ready to expect the worst’’, but many are pleasantly surprised by the tailing tallies.