Southdown Ewe wins 2015 Masterton All Breeds Sheep of the Show
Wiri 43/13 (Mangakura 74/11 – Wiri 18/11)
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- Pastures Past: Boozy 1923 Christmas farm theft involves a pig and four ducks 21/12/2024"On arriving at the courthouse, they actually tried to sell the pig to its real owner." […]
- How to dehydrate your surplus produce: Kem Ormond’s vegetable garden 21/12/2024OPINION: There’s almost no easier way to preserve food than dehydrating. […]
- Waikato beekeeper shifts focus to kiwifruit pollination amid honey glut 21/12/2024“We had to find a happy balance, or we would’ve been out of business two years ago.” […]
- Pastures Past: Boozy 1923 Christmas farm theft involves a pig and four ducks 21/12/2024
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- Clinic aiming to lessen stray kittensLittle cutie ... Playful seven week-old rescue kitten Holly enjoys her first experience of the Cat R […]
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Country News
- Alliance group Smithfield plant in Timaru shuts its doors after 138 yearsRed-meat co-op Alliance says it will be an "emotional time" for the 55 remaining meat workers at its Smithfield plant today. […]
- Country Life: A historic Hawke's Bay homestead finds new lifeWallingford Homestead in Central Hawke's Bay was once a bustling base for the local farming community. These days it's helping bridge the ur […]
- Country Life: Teens ride high in the world of rodeoThe rodeo season is underway and Waikato sisters Lylah and Riley Wood are in an arena practising their rodeo skills, a sport which has taken them to t […]
- Country Life: Christmas tree farmer makes massive maize mazeThousands of perfectly shaped trees are harvested in the lead-up to the festive season at Andrew McAllister's Needle Fresh Christmas tree farm in […]
- King Country farmer 'counting lucky stars' after quad bike accident, urges farm safetyThe warning comes as rural insurer FMG says there is often a spike in quad bike roll-overs in the lead-up to Christmas. […]
- Dry conditions prompt fire bans in Hawke's Bay and OtagoFire and Emergency is banning fireworks, open-air fires and sky lanterns in many areas of Hawke's Bay and Otago. […]
- Ni-Vanuatu fruit pickers 'worried' over fate of quake-affected relativesKiwifruit company Seeka is supporting 100 ni-Vanuatu fruit pickers helping with summer pruning to contact their families back home. […]
- 'No signs' of avian influenza outside of Otago farm, tests continue - MPIFurther tests are being carried out to ensure there was no spread beyond the one farm. […]
- Prominent Canterbury High Country farmer Colin Drummond has diedHe is the second prominent Canterbury farming leader to die in a week. […]
- Hold or sell below cost: Velvet farmers facing tough seasonDue to the flooded market, prices are back by about 20 percent which means some farmers will not make a profit this season. […]
- Researcher urges caution on rock lobster catch limit increaseSeafood industry players are welcoming a government proposal to ease catch limits - but an academic says the rock lobster population may not support i […]
- Alliance group Smithfield plant in Timaru shuts its doors after 138 years
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