Red meat exports rise 25% amid recovery
Red meat exports rise 25% amid recovery
New Zealand’s red meat exports hit $1.1 billion in February — a 25% increase compared with the same month last year.
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Farmers get spending at field days
Farmers get spending at field days
Farmers have their chequebooks out again, with several $1 million-plus sales of combine harvesters heading to new homes at the South Island Agricultural Field Days in Canterbury’s Kirwee.
Financial turnaround may have halted exodus
Financial turnaround may have halted exodus
Turning a heavy loss around appears to have stopped a mass exit of farmer suppliers from Synlait Milk which finds out today exactly how many of them will tear up quit notices.
Guardian dogs doing duty on NZ farms
Guardian dogs doing duty on NZ farms
A large Italian dog breed used to guard livestock from predators including wolves is increasingly being used by New Zealand farmers to help protect their animals.
Breeding a better cow
Breeding a better cow
Sharemilkers Nick and Anieka Templer shared their aspirations at a field day in Northern Southland last week.
Continuing family sport ‘pretty cool’
Continuing family sport ‘pretty cool’
Her surname is synonymous with dog trialling.
Century farm award plans take shape
Century farm award plans take shape
Planning is under way for the 19th New Zealand Century Farm and Station Awards in South Otago in May.
Aims outlined at B+LNZ field day
Aims outlined at B+LNZ field day
The aspirations of new Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Alan Thomson and Jeff Farm general manager Michael Benton range from running the best industry group in the world to reducing lamb...
Townie at home in Hokonui Hills
Townie at home in Hokonui Hills
Life working and living in the Hokonui Hills is a "special time", Gore Sheep Dog Trial Club president Tain Laing says.
People page: Gore Sheep Dog Trial Club annual trial
People page: Gore Sheep Dog Trial Club annual trial
Gore Sheep Dog Trial Club held its 116th annual trial on rolling tussock country in the Hokonui Hills last week.
McEwans moving on after 70-year tenure
McEwans moving on after 70-year tenure
Sheep and beef farmer George McEwan is calling time on his family’s more than 70-year tenure of a farm on the Southland Plains.
People page
People page
About 60 people attended the West Otago A&P Society hogget and two-tooth ewe, beef and dairy heifer competition in Tapanui last week.
Consistency pays off in competition
Consistency pays off in competition
Some of the trophies on offer at a long-standing southern livestock competition are returning home with back-to-back winners.
Full clearance at Shorthorn herd sale
Full clearance at Shorthorn herd sale
Dairy farmers Paul and Isabel Murphy had a full clearance at their Shorthorn herd dispersal sale near Invercargill last week.
Testing the waters
Testing the waters
A small group of high country families are using science to prove farming's influence on degraded Ashburton lakes may be less than first thought, writes Tim Cronshaw.
B+LNZ chief keen to lift low profit margins
B+LNZ chief keen to lift low profit margins
New industry body leader Alan Thompson is getting within earshot of sheep and beef farmers to see how they think their levies can lift low profit margins.
Free online site for breeders revealed
Free online site for breeders revealed
Another breed group appears to be close to joining Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s (B+LNZ) new nProve Beef tool to help farmers select the best bulls for their herds.
Positive farmgate signs for sheep and beef farmers
Positive farmgate signs for sheep and beef farmers
Sheep and beef farmers are welcoming a turnaround in farmgate profits from higher export prices as they watch an international trade war play out.
Contest targets next gen
Contest targets next gen
The next generation of farmers will face the heat of challenging farming skills in a new contest at the South Island Agricultural Field Days.
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