More than $28 million in claims has been lodged with a major rural insurer as Canterbury farmers wait for centre pivot irrigator parts in their recovery from fierce winds lashing the south.
Loading up the trailer with five South Devon cattle for a 600km road trip is an annual affair for Southland’s Eden family, who have attended Canterbury A&P Shows for the past 24 years.
Farmers got a glimpse of a new no-frills electric farm bike for the first time at the recent Canterbury A&P Show — and it is due to be commercialised by a startup next year.
Western Australia breeder Adrian Veitch would like to return home with New Zealand-raised Dorper sheep 25 years after being pivotal in landing them here in the first place.
Canterbury vegetable seed exporter and breeding company Winseed wants to defend and hopefully build on its 60% market share of beetroot seed sales in India.
Canterbury merino farmers Chris Nicholson and Courtenay Ballagh are heading off to Europe after attending a Sheep to Shop initiative by Norway wool clothing brand Devold.