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Waimea Water Update

6.46

The 20 year-long process to secure water supply for the Waimea Plain.

Jul 2025

Forever Harvest

6.22

Producing fruit without trees, vines or bushes.

Jul 2025

Meyer Cheese Revisit

7.14

An award-winning Waikato cheese maker caring for community and environment.

Jul 2025

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Flax renewed interest in on-farm use

Sat 28 Jan 2006

The flax industry was very important in the first half of last century and then went into decline as other species and end products were...
Jan 2006
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Kevin, Carol, Jacob, Daniel, Thomas and Martha Loe

Sat 21 Jan 2006

The Loes farm of 1871 hectares, comprises of three properties. The Homestead has been in the familys hands for 100 years. The Shirt was added...
Jan 2006
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Chilean Needle Grass the ultimate weed

Fri 20 Jan 2006

Chilean Needle Grass is a very invasive tussock grass that is very difficult to control. It infests parts of Hawkes Bay and extensive areas of...
Jan 2006
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Kicking Kikuyu back to Kaikohe

Sat 17 Dec 2005

Pennisetum clandestinum, otherwise known as Kikuyu grass, is a vigorous tropical plant that grows rapidly in warm to hot, humid conditions to form a dense...
Dec 2005
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Starborough-Flaxbourne Soil Conservation Project

Sat 17 Dec 2005

Low rainfall, exacerbated by westerly winds has led to soil erosion in the Starborough-Flaxbourne region, especially on north-facing hill country. There have been droughts in...
Dec 2005
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NZ Hothouse

Sat 10 Dec 2005

NZ Hothouse has developed in the past decade two massive glasshouse complexes in South Auckland, totalling 20ha under glass, for the year-round production of tomatoes,...
Dec 2005
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Profiting from Organic Dairying

Sat 10 Dec 2005

Organic dairying has become not only respectable but profitable. Fonterra has identified a valuable niche in the market and wants about 200 farms to convert...
Dec 2005
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Ross and Debbie Loomans

Sat 03 Dec 2005

For most farmers, the purchase of a holiday home comes a bit later in life; a welcome reward for much of the hard work. But...
Dec 2005
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Battling Clover Root Weevil

Sat 26 Nov 2005

Clover root weevil has infested productive pastures in many Nth Is areas. It reduces Nitrogen fixation by clover rhizobia and hence both clover and pasture...
Nov 2005
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David Walker and sons

Sat 26 Nov 2005

David Walker returned to the family dairy farming operation in the early 1970s after Massey University and progressed to farm ownership. He was the third...
Nov 2005
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Sire Referencing Project for Deer

Sat 19 Nov 2005

Featuring: Dr Jason Archer, project leader, senior scientist, geneticist, AgResearch Invermay

Invermay has set up a system that has sped up the ranking of stags on...
Nov 2005
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Allan and Sonia Richardson

Sat 19 Nov 2005

Allan and Sonia Richardson are sheep and beef farmers, with 310ha organics compared with 1000ha conventional in Heriot, West Otago. They are developing a branded...
Nov 2005
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Ovita LoinMax Ram Breeding

Sat 12 Nov 2005

Ovita (NZ) Ltd is a research & development consortium formed three years ago by Wool Equities Ltd, Meat NZ, and AgResearch to develop on-and off-farm...
Nov 2005
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Hugh and Darla Le Fleming, 50:50 sharemilkers in large-scale irrigated dairying

Sat 12 Nov 2005

In 2002, before moving to Maniototo, the Le Flemings had 385 cows on 102ha in Taranaki, with a 40-bale herringbone. They came to Maniototo for...
Nov 2005
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Satellite Internet Connections for Remote Locations

Sat 05 Nov 2005

Theres a lot of huff and puff from Telecom and others about high-speed broadband connections to the internet for farmers and others in rural areas,...
Nov 2005
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Mixed Sheep and Crop Farmer - Craig Whiteside

Sat 05 Nov 2005

Cropping operations in South Otago are finding it incredibly tough with limited opportunities and escalating costs. So how important is it for a young farmer...
Nov 2005
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Geoff & Jodelle Clark Bucking the trend and reassembling the family farm.

Sat 29 Oct 2005

In a decade where land prices have romped away and many family farms have either been carved up or amalgamated into bigger, more profitable units,...
Oct 2005
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DIY Energy on the Farm

Sat 29 Oct 2005

Until recently Mark Carter was running sheep and cattle on his 280ha property. He has now leased it out and is concentrating on energy developments.

Electronics...
Oct 2005
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Cawthron Institute

Sat 22 Oct 2005

As part of a larger project studying the Motueka river catchment, the Cawthron Institute has looked at the effects of water quality and supply on...
Oct 2005
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Zealous farm traceability scheme

Sat 22 Oct 2005

A group of leading North Island farmers with 200,000 stock units have got together to provide improved traceability for meat and wool production.

The Zealous Group...
Oct 2005
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Rearing bobby lambs

Sat 15 Oct 2005

The Pendergrasts run sheep, cattle, deer and goats on a large hill country property. The lamb rearing operation began two years ago as an experiment,...
Oct 2005
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Kingsmeade

Sat 15 Oct 2005

Kingsmeade Partnership, owned by Miles and Janet King, has 11 hectares of flat river loam only 5kms northeast of Masterton, comprising an elite flock of...
Oct 2005
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Nassella Tussock

Sat 08 Oct 2005

Nassella tussock is a very invasive perennial grass that is unpalatable to stock and difficult to control. It is widespread in Canterbury, Marlborough, and present...
Oct 2005
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NZ Farmsure

Sat 08 Oct 2005

Bill Ritchie is a Central Hawkes Bay sheep and beef farmer who is managing director of Horizon Farming Ltd, a farming company of 3300ha and...
Oct 2005
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Growsafe - Agrichemical Safety Procedures

Sat 01 Oct 2005

John Wiessing is a former vet from Dargaville who began developing avocado orchards in 1999 on the westerly slopes of Whatatiri, a large hill to...
Oct 2005
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Atkins Ranch, Lean Meats New Zealand Ltd

Sat 01 Oct 2005

Lean Meats is an exporter of New Zealand chilled lamb to the United States. It was established in the late 1980s when an opportunity was...
Oct 2005
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Ashley and Cathy Peter, Dovedale.

Sat 24 Sep 2005

Ashley and Cathy Peter have made a number of farm policy changes during the past few years, and have come back to breeding their own...
Sep 2005
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Metricheck

Sat 24 Sep 2005

Dirty cows' can be easily detected with a breakthrough tool developed by Whangarei veterinarian Garth Riddle, which leads to effective treatment and restoration of fertility.

His...
Sep 2005
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Novel Grazing

Sat 17 Sep 2005

The Ryegrass and white clover association is the overwhelmingly dominant pasture in New Zealand, but clover content rarely gets above 20%. The association is very...
Sep 2005
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Phil and Jocelyn Riley, Matariki

Fri 16 Sep 2005

Phil and two older brothers grew up in an expanding dairy farming family in Golden Bay, which began in the 1950s with parents Don and...
Sep 2005
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Romney breeding for parasite resistance and footrot tolerance.

Sat 10 Sep 2005

Gordon Levet has been breeding Romney sheep for the past 50 years, in a challenging Northland environment in the Kaipara district near Wellsford. He has...
Sep 2005
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Cape Foulwind Flipping Amazing!

Sat 03 Sep 2005

A huge Landcorp property in a remote and exposed location with poor soil and modest production is being transformed into highly productive land capable of...
Sep 2005
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The Sirius Wheat Calculator

Sat 03 Sep 2005

The Sirius Wheat Calculator and Potato Calculator software programmes were designed as an interactive decision support tool growers can use to manage nitrogen fertilizer and...
Sep 2005
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It's mostly upbeat down on the farm.

Sat 27 Aug 2005

How are things down on the farm as we head into the fifth season of the new millennium and a spring election?

The short answer is...
Aug 2005
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The Process of Cultivar Development and Seed Multiplication

Sat 20 Aug 2005

The process of developing new pasture grasses and legume cultivars involves a complex series of steps ranging from germplasm screening, crossing, selection through to seed...
Aug 2005
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Tom and Kathy Pow

Sat 20 Aug 2005

After 24 land transactions over a period of 30 years, the Auckland-born and bred Pows now have five properties: two dairy farms at Mata, south...
Aug 2005
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Vinsight Winery Management Software

Sat 13 Aug 2005

Vinsight has been developed by Simon Lampen, experienced winemaker and software developer from his Auckland based wine and technology company.

The programme specialises in management for...
Aug 2005
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Bruce, Felicity and Steve Dill, Kaipara Hills.

Sat 13 Aug 2005

Fourth and fifth generation farmers, Bruce and Steve Dill farm this 493ha sheep and beef property now in its third year of being a Meat...
Aug 2005
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Dairypoint computer programme

Sat 06 Aug 2005

David and Jo Drake from are equity shareholders in a large 376ha irrigated dairy farm at Orari, near to Fonterra Clandeboye, South Canterbury.

They have been...
Aug 2005
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Westbury Stud

Sat 06 Aug 2005

Westbury Stud was formed in April 2000 through the joining of Watson Bloodstock and Westbury Farm. Watson Bloodstock is owned by highly successful businessman Eric...
Aug 2005