Farmer confidence is lifting with beef, sheep and dairy prices. Sheep and beef are fetching an estimated 30 per cent more at stock sales compared to last year, said PGG Wrightson sheep and beef rep…
Farmer confidence is lifting with beef, sheep and dairy prices. Sheep and beef are fetching an estimated 30 per cent more at stock sales compared to last year, said PGG Wrightson sheep and beef rep…
Waikato Regional Council recently closed down its “Shovel Ready Programme” of work, following a successful completion of a number of relatively significant projects that delivered considerable benefit to our region. As background, as part of…
DairyNZ Hamilton-based scientist Charlotte Reed has received the 2024 Australasian Dairy Science Symposium Emerging Scientist Award. The symposium brought together 140 science and extension professionals from across Australasia. Reed shared research on ‘What do milk…
The dairy payout increased by an average of 14 cents to $8.90 in the 2023-24 dairy season, according to the latest annual New Zealand Dairy Statistics report, just 89 cents above DairyNZ’s breakeven milk price…
As a scientist who studies the world we live in and how it impacts us, I deeply value the social sciences. It is human involvement that turns a hazard into a disaster. When we have…
Bruce Rowe had the Prime Minister’s ear when Christopher Luxon sat down next to him at Mystery Creek. The former dairy farmer, who now breeds cattle near Cambridge, was joined by the Prime Minister at…
Dairy farmers Dave Swney and Alice Trevelyan turned to growing native plants to earn a secondary income to complement their farm. Trevelyan drew on her experience as a Waikato Regional Council catchment management officer four…
Cambridge Racquets Club has so much to celebrate, members decided to make an afternoon out of it. The club recently won club of the year in two sports – tennis and squash. Plus, club manager…
An increasing number of Waipā men are being exposed to potentially life-saving messaging about the dangers of prostate cancer, largely through the efforts of the Cambridge Prostate Cancer Support Group. The support group falls under…
An endowment fund is being launched to fund the ongoing replacement of the world’s largest predator proof fence If the fund reaches its $42 million target it would return $2 million a year, Sanctuary Mountain…
