Faces of NZ Farming

Tracing the century-old legacy of Indian participation in New Zealand’s dairy industry.

Co-host Emily Walker shares why bringing awareness to rural women's mental health is a key aspect of the Ag in Conversation podcast.

The leadership journey of DairyNZ’s first female chair, Tracy Brown, combines skills learnt in community governance with training and opportunities.

The late Morrinsville farmer championed the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards.

For Sonya Prosser, a visit home in 2020 turned into a permanent pandemic-induced stay and a new career.

Christopher Gerard Vila relocated from the Philippines 17 years ago to build a new life in dairy in NZ.

Gisborne farmer and physiotherapist goes online to help rural folk across the country.

What started as a personal journey for a Northland farming couple, has become a story of uplifting their community through ag education.

With the help of ‘awesome, loving farmers’ and supportive agri employers, a young gun turns his life around.

Juggling raising a family, running a farm and managing two businesses is no easy feat, but the rewards far outweigh the sacrifice for a farming family in the south.

Charlotte Tumilson is the IP manager at Grasslanz Technology Limited.

Caricatures of Fieldays stereotypes have been encapsulated by viral artist Sam Moore.

A group of 20 Speckle Park finishers and suppliers is guided every step of the way by a partnership manager.

Stock and station agent Ron “Schroeds” Schroeder can remember a time when the industry he helped build wasn’t even part of the ag curriculum.

Fonterra Dairy Woman of the Year Katrina Roberts, a vet and consultant, is a champion of the bond between veterinarian and farmer.

Nearly a year on since her historical win, Emma Poole acknowledges it’s not the end of her Young Farmers journey and there’s still plenty more to be done.

Battling to recruit staff for the remote North Canterbury farm he manages, Jaspal Singh looked closer to home – thousands of kilometres away.

I wake up and go to bed. Then I do it all again the next day – every day, every day, every day, says Invercargill-based shearer Esther Kidd.

Royalburn Station has attracted plenty of interest on Seasons 1 and 2 of Nadia’s Farm. One of its growing ventures involves chickens, and the former cowboy vet nurse in charge of them.

Wairarapa dairy farmers Hamish and Rachel Hammond have impressive academic credentials under their farming belts.

The brothers who ran Van Eeden Tulips have closed the business, leaving a huge gap in the local market.

Two mates working on the same station share how their same but different background is a winning formula.

Three 2024 Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award finalists named.

March 8 is International Women’s Day, so we’ve put together a collection of stories we’ve covered over the past 12 months of women making waves in the food and fibre sector.

DINZ CEO ‘desperately proud of NZ’s ability to produce the highest quality, safe food’.

Being involved in something bigger than oneself is so good for the soul, newly appointed Federated Farmers Taranaki president says.

Rob Cochrane started his career in the stock and station industry sorting mail. After 50 years in the industry and perhaps 1000 auctions, he retired this month.

It took a stint in an office to show Montie Hare that farming was what he really wanted to do.

Even at 100, Grace Martin says she still takes an interest in farming, particularly when it comes to the changing role of women on the farm.

2023 Zanda McDonald Award winner Harriet Bremner provides insight into what a typical day is like for her on farm.

Chair hailed as ‘a highly respected primary sector leader’.

Bundle of energy Lucinda Maunsell is channelling it into a 65km bike trail in the Tinui Valley and beyond – and that’s just the start.

Retired farm systems scientist Tom Fraser is a straight talker who takes pride in getting the basics across to farmers.

Hashini Cooke has gone from wanting to be off the farm to longing to be on one of her own.

Jodiesha Kirkpatrick reached her impressive 200-lamb tally in November while shearing on Pihitia Station just north of Gisborne.

Neal Wallace sat down with the former agriculture and trade minister as he packed up his office and reflected on his time in the Beehive.