Best Sausage in New Zealnad!
Westmere Butchery has taken out New Zealand’s top sausage award - the Supreme Award at the 2019 Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. Inspired by a pie the Chicken, Leek, and Bacon sausage beat out over 500 others from more than 90 producers around New Zealand,...
read moreThe sneaky pest – Stink Bug
The spotlight on the Rugby World Cup is being shared by a smelly little brown bug. Biosecurity Minister Damien O'Connor asks traveling Kiwis to be vigilant as it’s high-season for the crop-eating brown marmorated stink bug and so many kiwis are in the land of the bug...
read moreA large dairy farm has been fined $42,000 for destroying indigenous vegetation to create pasture for dairy grazing.
A large Central Otago dairy farm operation with a good track record for community involvement has been fined $42,000 for destroying 12.2 hectares of indigenous vegetation to create pasture for dairy grazing. Devon Dairy Farms, has about 4000 dairy cows at Hawea Flat...
read moreInfectious poultry disease has been confirmed just north of Dunedin
An infectious poultry disease has been confirmed on a Mainland Poultry property just north of Dunedin and possibly another near Moeraki. The poultry industry is confident the highly infectious virus will not lead to an egg shortage. Mainland Poultry chief executive...
read moreThe asparagus harvest is underway and it is predicted to be a bumper.
The asparagus harvest is underway and it is predicted to be a bumper. There are around 40 asparagus growers throughout the country, mainly in Waikato, Canterbury, South West North Island and Hawke's Bay. Chair of the NZ Asparagus Council, Mike Arnold sais: "Fresh New...
read moreNelson has overtaken Central Otago as the country’s fourth-biggest wine-producing region.
New Zealand winegrowers stats shows the amount of grapes harvested for wine production rose by 36 percent in Nelson and Tasman district this year compared to last, making up 3.1 percent of New Zealand's total and putting the top of the south just above Central Otago's...
read moreBrazilian farmers and loggers will no longer be allowed to use fires to clear land!
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, under international pressure to curb the fires now spiking across the Amazon, is trying to crack down on the farmers and loggers who clear land by burning the rainforest. Farmers in Brazil use fire to clear land. But now Bolsonaro...
read moreSilver Fern Farms to close Fairton plant
Silver Fern Farms is planning to close its pelt processing operation at Fairton, near Ashburton and 44 workers will lose their jobs at the site, as well as four others at Pareora, south of Timaru. All workers have been offered redundancy or work options at other...
read moreWinter Crop Grazing Taskforce Announced
In the past weeks activists have captured pictures, including footage from flying drones out over properties, showing cows standing in deep mud in support of a social media campaign that speaks out against the practice of winter crop grazing. In response to the...
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