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Game Changer programme gets free venison to families
21+ hour, 38+ min ago (369+ words) Nearly 100 kilograms of wild venison, equivalent to approximately 775 meals, has been donated to Wellington foodbanks and social supermarkets through a joint project involving the hunting sector, community organisations and local businesses. The donation was made possible by the New Zealand…...
On-farm trainers needed to grow next generation sheep and beef farmers
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (441+ words) Attracting and developing skilled people is critical to the future of New Zealand’s sheep and beef sector – but growing interest in learning will take more trainers. More than 130 young people have registered their interest in the 2027 Growing Future Farmers (GFF)…...
Motorbiking mum takes supreme award
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (802+ words) Kylie Dorr has taken out the supreme winner title at the 2026 NZI Rural Women Business Awards. Having already won ‘Emerging Enterprise’, one of eight entry categories, her big win was announced at the gala dinner. Kylie is the owner of…...
Tracing the arc of the calf-rearing pendulum
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (769+ words) The dairy industry has been a long-time contributor to the beef sector, especially in the North Island. Historically, dairy farmers capitalised on their Friesian bull calves by selling to bull finishers, given the alternative was sending them on a bobby…...
Warning signs farmers cannot ignore
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (690+ words) It isn’t the sort of legislation that usually grabs people, but every Kiwi farmer should be paying close attention right now to the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill. That’s because it raises a simple but very important question:…...
From farm to skin: Cloudy Peaks adds value beyond the beef
1+ week, 3+ day ago (659+ words) There’s never a boring moment on Cloudy Peaks Station, where a full-circle farm-to-consumer journey is leading the way in value-add agriculture. Moving to Cloudy Peaks in south Canterbury’s Mackenzie Country after her partner Mark Baynes took up the stock manager’s…...
Europe shifts on livestock, backs split-gas methane approach
1+ week, 3+ day ago (405+ words) The European Commission has reversed a decade-long policy approach that was lowering farmed livestock numbers with a new strategy that encourages their farming. The new strategy acknowledges Europe’s historic and social role of farming livestock, the need for food security,…...
‘Bork’ on the menu as Kiwis seek cheaper mince
1+ week, 4+ day ago (630+ words) By Ke-Xin Li of RNZ The mix of two minces is picking up in popularity as customers look for alternatives to pricey beef. Bolognese, shepherd’s pie or just savoury mince on toast – Kiwis love to cook with mince, but the…...
Dairy support,grazing & finishing 172.71 ha | Farmers Weekly
1+ week, 4+ day ago (266+ words) An outstanding, high-performing pastoral unit in a prime Mid Canterbury foothills location, celebrated for its reliability, productivity, and sweeping mountain vistas. Lincoln Fields is a highly regarded, turnkey pastoral unit combining balance, resilience with the ideal scale to support dairy…...
New app puts body condition scoring in NZ farmers’ hands
1+ week, 5+ day ago (367+ words) A new app, StockScore, has been designed to simplify body condition scoring, giving sheep, beef and deer farmers a way to record and analyse livestock condition data directly in the yards. Created by central Otago veterinarian, farmer and agri-entrepreneur Becks…...