Turiroa's on-farm ram sale last Thursday near Wairoa drew a big crowd of would-be buyers and interested spectators, and the Powdrell's averaged $1164 across the...
Turiroa hosted their annual on-farm Terminal Ram Sale on Thursday. Andrew and Tracey Powdrell were thrilled with the large turnout of spirited bidders and the s...
THE countdown has begun to the 2020 East Coast Farming Expo to be held at the Wairoa A&P Showgrounds in late February, with the focus again in the fifth year of...
THE Reeves family and their Mokairau Farm operation will feature in the final Country Calendar programme of the year on December 15 and it will be dedicated to ...
PRICES eased across the 1150 yarding in this month cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards on Tuesday and most of the would-be buyers on the day were from this d...
Mel and Nicky Story and their family were thrilled with the way their first on-farm ram sale went on Wednesday.They got all 51 of their Southdown/South Suffolk ...
The standard of competition was high in Saturday’s district elimination contest in the New Zealand Young Farmer of the Year competition, held at Showgrounds Par...
The 600-odd sheep to be used in the dog trials at the Poverty Bay A&P Spring Show next week will be worked on Rangatira Station at Te Karaka from 9am on Sunday....
Environmentally-friendly Gisborne farmers came out in droves this week to ensure proper disposal of chemicals and soft plastics like silage and bale wrap.
Agrec...
The horticulture sector has welcomed changes to temporary work visas that simplfiy the immigration system and recognise that overseas workers play a significant...
The Aurora Education Foundation field trip to Hamish and Paula Newman’s dairy farm at Matawai last week was a big success.
The children involved had a great day...
Strengthening climate resilience through native forest and carbon farming is the aim of a new project.
The Waro (Carbon) Project partners with Maori landowners ...
BEEF and Lamb New Zealand has welcomed the funding announced in the Budget for the primary sector and the organisation looks forward to working with the Governm...
The weekly Friday sheep sale at Matawhero last week was cancelled on Thursday due to a lack of sheep numbers.
“Not enough sheep were going to be brought forward...
George Tatham has been reappointed as a director of the board of Beef and Lamb New Zealand, representing Eastern North Island and he was reappointed unopposed t...
AT the weekly Matawhero sheep sale yesterday prices paid were similar to that of the previous week for the total of 2238 sheep on offer — 49 prime lambs, 14 pri...
THE fourth and final Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey of the year has found that after plunging in the previous quarter to its lowest level since early 2016, Ne...
THE A&P Show is well behind us and last month the Ballance Farm Environment Awards entries closed. Work is now underway to sort contestants across a range of su...
THERE was an easing of prices at yesterday’s Matawhero sheep sale, reflecting a similar trend throughout the North Island, brought about by an increasing supply...
THE Candys from Mangahauhau Hampshires at Waerenga-o-Kuri enjoyed a total clearance in their ram sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday and they went home pr...
In what has been a satisfying week for Gisborne grape grower Doug Bell — fruit from his grapes was in the champion “aromatic” at the New World Wine Awards — he ...
Yesterday's sale at Matawhero was all over in one hour, with just 175 sheep and 35 feeder calves sold.
Most interest was focussed on the 85 prime sheep and the ...
Gisborne farm sale prices are on the rise but it is not certain how much of that is due to traditional farm land being bought by forestry interests.
Data releas...
More than 70 horses and ponies changed hands and a hunter from the East Coast made the sale-high price at a horse fair at the Matawhero Saleyards yesterday.
A c...
The release this week of the Essential Freshwater Report — Action Plan for Healthy Waterways — by the Government will undoubtedly add further turbulence to an a...
AN AgResearch built and designed machine, heralded as game-changing technology that will change the way ryegrass and other forage yield gets measured has featur...
Former Hangaroa woman Christina Campbell, a mid-wife, has approximately 250km to go in her epic 960-kilometre trek across northern Spain, raising money for midw...
A THIRD farm in Tairawhiti has tested positive for Mycoplasma bovis.
The property is close to Gisborne and inland of the city in a north-westerly direction.
Fed...