by Luci | Mar 8, 2023 | Default
Southland and Otago farmers are staring a third year of drought in the face, with some saying feeds supplies are are already on a knife’s edge. In January Niwa said Southland and West Coast already had severe soil moisture deficits – two months later and it is...
by Luci | Mar 7, 2023 | Default
Another boost for farmers are the recovery pot was emptied in the first two weeks after the Cyclone. Another $26 million boost has been added to the fund that helping farmers and growers with post-cyclone clean-up – taking total primary sector support to $55...
by Luci | Mar 7, 2023 | Default
New Zealand farmers need faster progress on technology to help meet 2050 methane targets or they face having “large reductions” of stock. This from Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Simon Upton who has outlined the challenges facing livestock farmers...
by Luci | Mar 7, 2023 | Default
Hawkes Bay is one of the biggest deer growing regions of NZ and deer farmers are having to resort to drones to track down some of their livestock that fled during the Cyclone. With expensive deer fencing obliterated by the flooding the deer either floated free or just...
by Luci | Mar 7, 2023 | Default
The Golden Bay area at the top of the South Island has a new Fed Farmers President. Cherie Chubb has taken over the role from now Feds Vice President Wayne Langford. She joins Mark Leishman to chat about her parish on Round Up.
by Luci | Mar 6, 2023 | Default
Champion shearer Rowland Smith has added his eighth Golden Shears title to his cv by shearing his 20 sheep in 16 minutes to defeat the other five finalists. The Hawkes Bay farmer who shears part time took time out from repairing his Marae Kakaho sheep farm to win the...
