The ram sales season rolls along in the district tomorrow and Friday when Turiroa from Wairoa put up 125 “big and meaty” Southdowns, Suftex, Tigers and Belsufte...
THE stock agency scene in Tairāwhiti farewelled a long-time stalwart of the industry yesterday as auctioneer Peter McGrannachan called his final lot at the week...
THE weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday drew a yarding of around 2600 head and the prices held on from last week.
There were 359 prime sheep...
TOP PRICED: Piritaha partnership from Ngatapa scored the top price in the first of the ram auctions at the Matawhero saleyards on Friday. Two of the Charolais i...
Citrus NZ has announced the new date for their annual conference, field trip, SGM and dinner. It will be held in Gisborne on March 3. The previous dates for the...
The district's pastoral farmers are enjoying the season right now. AgFirst consultant Peter Andrew says the recent rain was not a significant problem. “In fact...
LONG time stock agent, auctioneer, all round ‘local character' and top bloke Peter McGrannachan held the last of his Bell Road auctions on Saturday.
Peter and h...
Another public Groundswell protest will take place here and across the country on Sunday November 21 and the farming and wider community has been asked to gear ...
TWO prized East Coast stations have gone on the market and the agents involved have said they present rare opportunities for sheep and beef farmers to scale up ...
THE finalists have been announced in the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Awards and one of them hails from Gisborne.
Rere farmer Sandra Matthews from Te Kopae Station, ...
THE ethos for the team behind the popular East Coast Farming Expo have always focused on bringing the best of innovation to the coast.
It is held mid-week (Febr...
These 10 ewe hoggets and their 10 lambs (pictured) from Willows Agriculture at Waipaoa sold for $140, all counted, at the Matawhero sheep sale last week.
The p...
The Citrus NZ Conference, due to be held in Gisborne, has had to be postponed yet again due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The board of NZ Citrus has advised that un...
What has been described as a “strategically-developed 'eco' farm with high regard for the environment” has gone on the market.
The 377-hectare sheep and beef p...
More than 1500 farmers around New Zealand have been getting to grips with why and how they should start responding to a changing climate, thanks to new workshop...
YEAR'S BEST: As 2021 winds down, Focus on the Land would like to capture the classic images of events that have stood out during what has been another challengi...
MANGAHAUHAU Hampshires at Hangaroa got all of their strapping young Hampshires and South Suffolk rams away to new homes yesterday in the stud's annual sale at t...
THE official drought recovery programme put in place for Tairawhiti earlier this year has ended, but recovery coordinator Kristin Kirkpatrick reminds farmers to...
The competitors for the FMG Young Farmer of the Year East Coast 2022 regional final have been announced.
They are Hugh Banks, Aiden Smith, stock manager William...
Having enacted the Net Zero Carbon Act, put the ETS on steroids and opened up the floodgates on international purchases of farmland for forestry — the Governmen...
FEDERATED Farmers has asked the district's farmers and growers to help put fresh food on the Christmas table for Aucklanders in need this year.
The Feds have la...
The Alliance Group's ‘Pure South Handpicked 55 Day Aged Beef' has won three gold medals in the prestigious World Steak Challenge.
The farmer co-operative's prem...
Master woolhandler Joel Henare clocked-up another milestone in Christchurch on Thursday when he became the second person to complete a treble of the three pre-C...
On Matt and Cath Carter’s seven-hectare orchard at Ormond, they grow navel and valencia oranges and a handful of other citrus, such as blood oranges, lisbon and...
NO SALE: The weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards was cancelled yesterday due to a lack of sufficient stock numbers, and difficulties associated with th...
Students considering a future career in New Zealand's red meat industry are encouraged to apply for the 2022 Meat Industry Association scholarships.
Application...
by Trevor Brown
PRIME sheep dominated yesterday’s Matawhero sheep sale, where prices remained strong.
Willows Agriculture Ltd, at Waipaoa, sold two massive prim...
A total of 573 sheep sold yesterday at the Matawhero saleyards, the first sale in two weeks.
Much of the offering consisted of small lots of prime sheep.
There...
The rescheduled monthly cattle fair at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday was a very buoyant one where prices had a significant lift on September’s fair.
Prices...
Most of the region's new season lambs have arrived now and docking has been well under way on many farms in what has turned out to be a record lambing season fo...