Shepherd careers in focus
Shepherd careers in focus
Reporter Shawn McAvinue questions shepherds at a Womolife course, teaching the skills of crutching, wool handling, penning and pressing of strong wool, on Jeff...
Lay of the Land
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
New AgResearch modelling on the impacts of climate change on lamb survival and lambing date in the South shows a potential for farmers to be able to schedule lambing up to 20 days earlier than their current practice by 2040.
Lay of the land: May 10
Lay of the land: May 10
The annual Maniototo Last Muster Lamb Sale near Ranfurly is the last big lamb sale in the South Island for the season.
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
More than 40 people attended a seminar called Loyal to Soil in Dunedin last week.
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
About 30 judges scrutinised the plots at the 68th New Zealand 2023 Ploughing Championships in Milton last week.
Lay of the land: 8 February
Lay of the land: 8 February
The latest New Zealand Drought Index shows southeast Otago and inland Otago are experiencing extremely dry conditions.
Lay of the land: sheep farming
Lay of the land: sheep farming
Shawn McAvinue asks farmers at a southern ram sale, how spring treated them on their farm and how is feed supplies shaping up going into summer.
Lay of the land: 2 November
Lay of the land: 2 November
Shawn McAvinue asks people at the Gore Spring Cattle Sale if they had to serve St Peter a cut of pasture-raised red meat to be considered entry to the Pearly Gates, what would it be and how would they serve it?
Lay of the land
Lay of the land
Farmers planting winter crops in paddocks with more than a 10-degree slope, near a critical source area, or if their farm has either 10% in winter grazing — or more than...
Lay of the Land: Patearoa dog trials
Lay of the Land: Patearoa dog trials
Every man and his dog attended the 98th Patearoa Collie Club dog trials in the Maniototo last week. Reporter Shawn McAvinue asked club members taking a break from sheep and beef farming to be there...