There were 3420 sheep sent for auction at yesterday’s Matawhero weekly sale and prices paid were similar to previous weeks.
K and J Gillies sold 13 heavy, black...
The New Zealand Shearing Contractors’ Association (NZSCA) has announced that pay rates for key roles in the shearing industry will rise.
Phil Holden, executive ...
NEW Zealand Young Farmers (NZYF) has launched a new funding model, the NZYF Community, to help the organisation become more financially sustainable.
It will be ...
Gisborne District Council wants anyone with an interest in beekeeping to take part in a short survey.
The survey began on Monday and can be filled out online u...
Economic and Regional Development Minister Stuart Nash yesterday visited LeaderBrand to walk through the recently-opened fresh distribution centre and inspect t...
Farmers from near and far had a rare opportunity to explore Pāmu Farms’ Panekiri Station in an open day tour on Tuesday.
The property covers 9000 hectares, 525...
Both the Zig Zag and Straight Hunt sections provided the most success for Poverty Bay competitors competing at the South Island sheep dog trials this week.
In t...
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of amended winter grazing rules, saying the changes it secured will make the regula...
Prices remained steady yesterday at the Matawhero saleyards where 4312 sheep were sold, mostly bright and healthy store lambs.
KJ and RE Fisher, at Motu, receiv...
Beef and Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) will stage a ‘Farm Plan — Environment Module Workshop’ for the Waimata and Whangara Catchment Group on Wednesday next week (Ap...
Wairoa farmers are rallying around to support each other through what could be one of their toughest times in recent years.
The Wairoa Community Development Tr...
The farmer mental health initiative ‘Surfing for Farmers’ won the Ember Innovations Provider of the Year Award in the 2021 Headfit Awards.
The awards celebrate ...
Easter Friday yesterday meant no weekly Matawhero sheep sale, but they will be back next Friday.
Focus on the Land would like to take this opportunity to wish ...
Waingake club members featured on all the courses at their annual club trial on Friday and Saturday, and once again the event titles were shared around.
Ewe la...
Opposition to the impending sales to overseas forestry interests of iconic Huiarua and neighbouring Matanui stations inland from Tolaga and Tokomaru bays conti...
ZESPRI announced this week that its global revenue has exceeded $4 billion for the first time, despite a challenging season.
Zespri’s 2021/22 financial results ...
A NETWORK of study sites on hill country farms around New Zealand now provides a wealth of information and research findings to help guide farmers around pastur...
Tom Sanson and Andrew Cribb from Whangara Angus will showcase the 30 bulls they plan to put up for sale by auction during Bull Week on Friday.
The special gues...
The funding boost for research and development into greenhouse gases (GHG) mitigation technologies and support to make it easier for farmers to adopt solutions ...
Improving the health and welfare of backyard poultry populations in New Zealand is the aim of a new project being led by Associate Professor Carolyn Gates from ...
There were 1744 sheep sold at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday and, as usual, store lambs were the majority of the offering.
Prices for these were slightly hi...
Four years and 176,325 slaughtered cows later, just one property in New Zealand remains infected with M.bovis.
It is an achievement Federated Farmers Gisborne a...
HIGH INTEREST: This year’s crop of rising two-year-old Angus bulls were showcased this week in the East Coast Angus Association ‘Bull Walk’ and the experts pred...
The East Coast Angus ‘Bull Walk’ got under way this morning near Wairoa as the first of the region’s Angus studs showcased their crop of rising-two-year-old bul...
Prices remained buoyant at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, where 6538 sheep were sold, mostly store lambs.
A buyer from Hawkes Bay was operating on these, k...
Beef and Lamb Genetics will run a ‘Beef Breeders Webinar’ in early May that will focus on maternal productivity and reproduction.
It will be staged online on We...
East Coast Angus will stage their annual ‘Bull Walk’ next week to give would-be buyers in this year’s bull sales a close-up view of how the rising two-year-old...
THE recent announcement by the Government that an additional 500 meat processing workers from overseas will be allowed into New Zealand will help ease the secto...
There was a regular saleyard scene at Matawhero yesterday where 4878 sheep were sent for sale from throughout the region, except from the Ruakituri Valley, due ...
Wairoa hill country farms bore the brunt of the regional weather bomb, according to farm consultant Hilton Collier.
He described the recent weather event as lik...