What is the most important thing to check when you are buying a rural property? The view, privacy, local amenities, closeness of schools, suitability for...
Roger: My guest this week is the Chief Executive of AFFCO, Tony Egan. Tony, welcome to the show.Tony: Thanks Roger, its good to be here.Roger:...
Methven farmers, John and Stephanie McKay had no inkling of the future awaiting them when they made the decision to grow evening primrose and borage...
Roger: My guest this week is the executive manager of Rabobank, Hamish Midgley. Hamish, welcome to the show.Hamish: Pleasure to be here, Roger.Roger: Hamish, Rabobank...
At first glance Kevin Richards doesnt seem disabled. As he rides up on the farm ATV he looks as fit, if not quite as tanned,...
ACC statistics from 2003 indicate over 850 accidents causing injury as a result of use and misuse of ATVs, mainly on farms. This is believed...
Leith Knowles, scientist, Forest Research and Mike Halliday, SFF Project Manager and former President of NZ Farm Forestry Assn.Farm woodlots are a way of retiring...
LeaderBrand ProduceThe growing and processing of fresh cut and packaged salads for national sale through supermarkets, restaurants and fast food outlets.LeaderBrand began in the mid...
Mangaroa station was cleared in the early 1900s and farmed by Hindmarshs and Reynolds until it was bought by Ralph and Margaret-Ann Williams in 1961....
Roger: My guest this week is head of the Hyper Immune Milk Group at AgResearch. Dr Liz Carpenter, welcome.Liz: Thank you for having me.Roger: Liz,...
Investigation by Marlborough vet Peter Anderson showed that lambs dying at birth were deficient in vitamin E. Drenching with vitamin E plus other critical nutrients...
Degradation of an estuary led to the formation of a community group in 1997, which initially focused on the problem of mangroves. With facilitation from...
Bryan Bassett-Smith, CEO of Wildenz, originally hailed from the Bay of Plenty but went to the South Island for 30 years and spent much of...
Whereas his forebears farmed the land, Chris Redwood is farming the sea. For the past 26 years he has been involved in mussel farming in...
Sex PheromonesFeaturing Dr Jim Walker, scientist (entomologist) with the bio protection team, HortResearch.Newly developed synthetic pheromones specific to mealy bugs and midges are showing promise...
Greg Harris, Sheep, beef cattle and viticulture farmer, Mt Adde, Dashwood, Blenheim,The 680 hectare farm is adjacent to the Awatere River which forms the eastern...
Richard Volz is a scientist, and leader of the apple & pear commercial breeding programme, HortResearch.Allan White is with Business Development - International, HortResearch. Allan...
Steve and Linda Hammonds vineyard/farm is adjacent to Renwick, the heart of Marlborough wine country. The 32 hectare vineyard is planted on the flood plain...
Nadine: My guest this week has been in the marketing business for 14 years following a successful publishing and hospitality career. Along with husband Greg,...
Associate Professor Maurice Alley, Institute of Veterinary Science, Massey University and Kathy Goodwin-Ray, PhD student.Chronic non-progressive pneumonia (CNP) is a common disease of older lambs...
Simon and Wendy Collin have a 295ha sheep and cattle farm on the north bank of the Ngaruroro River, in the Crownthorpe district of Hawkes...
Roger: My guest this week is Melonie Sheppard, a human resources consultant, who has created an HR training programme for farmers. Melonie,
welcome.
Melonie: Its...
Biosecurity New Zealand, a division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, is currently undertaking work on contingency planning for emergency disposal of animal carcasses...
Phil and his brother Geoff have shares of 420ha each in Puketapu Station, which includes sheep and cattle, process cropping and apple growing. The farming...
This week we spoke to Robert Isbister, General Manger of BioSecurity at Agriquality, about the impact of a BioSecurity breech in New Zealand....
About 60% of dairying in New Zealand is on poorly drained soils that need artificial drainage, such as mole drains and pipe systems. Drainage and...
Sheep and beef hill country farm, 518ha, 484ha effective, consisting of 163ha freehold and adjoining lease blocks of 190ha and 142ha.Sheep: 2300 Finn-cross ewes, 800...
Roger: Mark Hazeldine, Agritech Sector Manager, for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is back in the country after taking a delegation of diary technology exporters...
AgResearch has developed procedures to help farmers decide when, where and how to select forages (including pasture) and manage their establishment. Specific software has been...
Paul Hughes, veterinarian from Taihape Veterinary Services, recently conducted a worm resistance survey of farms in the central North Island. The results showed higher than...
A survey of 52 farmers who were forced to regrass after the floods in February 2004 highlighted the more successful approaches used. There were three...
Alistair and Bo Polson and Donald and Liz Polson, are the Waipuna Farm Partnership, with 4000ha hill country sheep and beef farm, a sheep stud...
Clover root weevil was first found in the Waikato and Bay of plenty in 1996 over quite a large area, so eradication was out of...
Geoff and Julie Stevenson are among the couples featured in the DairyInsight television advertising series. They are passionate about dairy farming and believe in the...
Craige Mackenzie is a second generation arable farmer on the 300 hectare farm near Methven. He produces a large array of specialist seed crops including...
Lincoln University Dairy Farm has high-tech monitoring of its environment, water and pollution. Last year it got together with Ravensdown for the commercial release of...
Matt and Sue Latham are the sixth generation to farm Wairewa at Little River in Banks Peninsula. They aim to improve the property and use...
Episode 5: Dr. Lindsey Matthews
Roger: Joining me now is...
After many years of research AgResearch has found a naturally occurring bacterial parasite of grass grubs, and developed a way of putting it into polymer...
Phil and Joanne Curd, Apple growers at Twyford, south of Hastings have a 6ha home orchard plus 4ha leased orchard and 2.5ha new ground for...
