A Taranaki farm owner of a Waipā farm and its contract milkers have been fined a total of $27,000 for failing to ensure 230 cattle had sufficient food. The charges dated back to 2022. JKD…
A Taranaki farm owner of a Waipā farm and its contract milkers have been fined a total of $27,000 for failing to ensure 230 cattle had sufficient food. The charges dated back to 2022. JKD…
Andy Barker says he is breaking even at less than half the cost of an average farmer. Barker’s farm, nearly eight kilometres north of Ōtorohanga, is breaking even at $4.20 a kilogram – $4.48 less…
There are plenty of shaggy dog tales in sport, but when it comes to sheepdog trials’ Bayley’s Shield, the narrative couldn’t be more straightforward – King Country has the silverware all locked up. Having lifted…
Applications are open for six on farm science scholarships offered by the Ministry for Primary Industries. The scholarships, worth a total of $30,000, are on offer for the 2026 academic year to tertiary students enrolled…
The supreme winner of the Waikato Farm Environment Awards, Tor Pedersen, is urging others to enter next year’s awards. “Just go for it,” said Pedersen, of Broomore Farm near Raglan. His family has run a…
Jayden Corbett was motivated after hearing and reading about whole-farm conversions to carbon forestry. “It didn’t sit right with me,” he said. “I’m a young guy starting out a career in sheep and beef and…
Federated Farmers is urging the Environmental Protection Authority to fast track the assessment of new treatments to fight New Zealand’s biggest agricultural pest. Native scarab beetle costelytra giveni, commonly known as native grass grub, costs…
Founding member of the Waipā Holstein Friesian Club, Brian Knutson, is tickled pink with the honorary life membership award bestowed on him at the club’s recent 50th jubilee celebrations. The retired farmer, who became the…
It was the worst weather Fieldays has had in its 57 years history – but the crowds still came. Ticket sales were up 4000 on last year and 110,000 people, buoyed by high dairy and…
Waikato Federated Farmers is poring through the Environment Court’s 376-page interim decision on Waikato Regional Council’s Plan Change One. “Our team are now working through the detail to understand what additional requirements, if any, might…
