Mighty fine: Wool classer earns near-perfect score for fleece
Sharon Lawton's flock fleece entry received 98.5 points out of 100 at the Wānaka A&P Show.
Sharon Lawton's flock fleece entry received 98.5 points out of 100 at the Wānaka A&P Show.
Over 200 students from 10 schools took part in the Clash of the Colleges this year.
Wayne Langford, David Seymour, Shane McManaway, Steve Wyn-Harris, G McCallum, G Smith.
'It’s good to see the first improvement in farmer confidence for quite some time now.'
Repost has been repurposing vineyard fence posts for the past four years.
Timbersports ace Jordan has earned the top-awards double for the second year running.
OPINION: I remember the annual school pet day with much fondness.
Opinion: The rural sector needs to put its best Red Band forward and take on the hosting.
O’Malley and Carpenter are great examples of thousands of dairy-farming women around NZ.
Judges were blown away by the quality of fleeces at Wānaka’s A&P show this year.
The Smiths are changing stocking ratios on their 370ha sheep and beef farm in Hillend.
International attention is continuing to hone in on forestry practices on the East Coast.
Key products skim milk powder and whole milk powder both dropped.
Rural Support Trusts to make sure farmers have the support they need.
Livestock guardian dogs alleviate stress for both the livestock and the livestock owners,
China’s Public Prosecutor’s Office told Zespri it would prosecute the crimes.
OPINION: Sometimes we forget we are part of nature.
'Cutting firewood with an axe has been my after-school job for as long as I can remember.'
Results from the 62nd Golden Shears International Shearing and Woolhandling Championships.
Results from day one of competition in Masterton.
Forestry Minister Todd McClay says owners have complained of 'excessive costs'.
'We are particularly pleased with the numbers of novice and junior entries.'
Plant and Food Research is trying to work out how to 'use the silt to our advantage'.
This year's shaping up to be the worst for sheep and beef farmers in the past 15 years.
Kem Ormond takes a look at what made the news back in the day.
PGG Wrightson's first-half result reflects tough times down on the farm.
'Agricultural subsidies need to be a central focus of Ministerial Conference discussions.'
You don’t get any more home grown than Tim and Esta Naylor’s range of jerseys.