Te Kuiti’s Jack Fagan and Pongaroa’s David Buick have celebrated a test shearing win for New Zealand. It was the second success for The Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand shearing team in…
Te Kuiti’s Jack Fagan and Pongaroa’s David Buick have celebrated a test shearing win for New Zealand. It was the second success for The Wools of New Zealand Shearing Sports New Zealand shearing team in…
New Zealand’s only facility dedicated to mastitis testing at Waikato Innovation Park is helping dairy farmers reduce cases and costs. Microbiologists at Farm Medix’s Hamilton laboratory analyse milk samples from farms across the country. Through…
The discharge of contaminants to waterways is something that Waikato Regional Council (WRC) is charged with monitoring and preventing. Recently, a prominent Waikato farming company was fined for discharging “a large volume of dairy effluent…
Right now on dairy farms around the country the first calves are being born, generally in the middle of the night. Farmers are managing crop rotations, wintering and new season budgets. They’re having conversations with…
Mental health advocate and former All Black John Kirwan spoke about the day he visited a farm and admired the cracking view. All the farmer could see was debt and bad weather. Mary Anne Gill…
Farmers will address the critical challenges facing the rural community at this year’s National Agricultural Fieldays. Fieldays has partnered with Federated Farmers to launch a Rural Advocacy Hub at the southern hemisphere’s biggest agricultural event,…
Waikato Regional Council has made a submission on the Local Government (Electoral Legislation and Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill. It outlines concerns and recommendations regarding the proposed changes, with a focus on ensuring…
Beef and dairy farmers don’t typically work together, but that will soon change if Bob Thomson gets his way. Thomson, an Agfirst agribusiness consultant of 50 years’ experience, is leading a project he hopes will…
Waste water, carbon emissions, river pipeline and roading changes were some of the issues covered at Fonterra Hautapu’s annual meeting with its community last month. All bar a couple of seats at the factory’s training…
Future representation has become a big issue for rural residents who have an opportunity to have their say at two hall meetings. The first is tonight at Maungatautari and there residents from Kaipaki, Monavale, Horahora…
