West Coast gains a farming family – and a medicine woman
When Abby Clements moved to the coast she brought her GP skills with her, to the delight of the neighbourhood.
Hard lessons pay off for West Coast dairy farmers
Paul and Abby and their young family had to hit the round running when they moved from Canterbury to pursue farm ownership.
Digging into digital on Lincoln Uni’s dairy farm
Lincoln University’s developmental dairy farm is working out how to get data to better serve the needs of farmers, both as a measuring tool and a way to improve management.
Good plains farming in The Maniototo
On Central Otago’s Maniototo Plain, Luke and Anna Jeffries aren’t re-reinventing the wheel – they’re just improving it.
People the driving force behind Canterbury dairy farm
The Dondertmans have had an intensive apprenticeship on their dairying journey, and the biggest lesson they’ve learnt is to be true to their own values.
Waving effluent pond problems away
A floating device uses low frequency radio waves to help clean up effluent systems.
Humble beginnings fuel Jessie Chan’s success
On her journey from scruffy kid dealing with family pain to the ag powerhouse she has become, Jessie Chan can trace where her strength comes from.
A dairy farm even a vegan could love
From the essential oils in the wildflowers to the shape of the land, every aspect of farming on a Canterbury farmlet is being scrutinised and analysed in the service of finding a better way.
Making a choice to make a mark in ag
From bale-grazing in winter to boosting oxygen in the irrigator, this North Canterbury ag leader has never met a farm system he couldn’t tweak.
Nailing down nitrates on a South Canty dairy farm
Research on nitrate levels could be a game-changer for a South Canterbury farm as it has provided invaluable data.