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Posted at 3:16pm Thursday 16th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
 The final shipment of thousands of bales of stock feed sent by South Island farmers to help drought affected North Island farmers were unloaded at the Port of Tauranga today.
Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers vice-president John Scrimgeour says in total the South Island has supplied the equivalent of 5700 large bales of feed in 170 containers in the...
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Posted at 4:45pm Wednesday 15th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
 Farmers’ ability and right to farm could be under threat by bureaucrats with no practical understanding of the industry, says Bay of Plenty Federated Farmers president Rick Powdrell.
“With the ever increasing scrutiny of many of our farming practices, the risk of further regulations and their subsequent compliance costs is an area that...
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Posted at 3:13pm Tuesday 14th May, 2013
 A national management plan for dealing with kiwifruit vine disease Psa-V – announced today by the Government – is being welcomed by New Zealand Kiwifruit Growers Incorporated.
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy announced today the National Psa-V Pest Management Plan has been formally approved by the Government.
The plan includes introducing...
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Posted at 5:02pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013
 The `No Nuts’ all woman team will be back to avenge its title and compete for a share of the $80,000 worth of prizes in the Polaris Big Four hunting and fishing competition run by the Quarry Community Sports Club in June.
One of the event organisers Ken Griffin says the win gave the women the right to enter this year and their success has spurred...
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Posted at 4:57pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
 Peter Berryman has an inquiring mind and an independent nature which is partly why he is regarded by some as an unconventional farmer.
Not that it worries Peter because his apparent lack of convention has seen his Otakiri dairy farm consistently perform above the district average.
Observation skills are an important part of farm management, Peter Berryman...
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Posted at 4:55pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013
Seven New Zealand farmers will go head to head in two days of competitions in the grand final of the 2013 ANZ Young Farmer Contest this month.
The events take place between May 16 and 18 in Auckland at the Kumeu Showgrounds and Skycity.
The series of events kick off at 4pm, Thursday, May 16, with the official opening at Aotea Square. Here, spectators...
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Posted at 4:50pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
 There are two things Bruce and Donna Arnold would change if they could about their newly installed effluent pond – build it earlier and remove the tree.
Other than that, they are happy with their $232,599 investment on the Hauraki Plains, even though it may have cost only $150,000 had they built it in 2008 when they first considered the idea.
The...
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Posted at 4:45pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
Drought, pests and diseases, dropping incomes and financial stresses faced by farmers and growers are acknowledged as potential triggers for depression but there may be another, poorly recognised factor too – head injuries.
Don Fraser of Fraser Farm Finance believes it was concussion he received in 1978 which triggered depression – and he’s...
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Posted at 4:36pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
 In the 1980s sweet persimmons held the promise of a lucrative new export crop enthusiastically embraced by many New Zealand growers but the attractive orange fruit proved hard to grow to export standards.
Although exports reached about 2500 tonne in 2002, in recent years volumes have dropped to about 1280 tonne, produced by 40 growers who pack their...
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Posted at 4:28pm Wednesday 08th May, 2013 | By Elaine Fisher elaine@thesun.co.nz
 Tech, the Clydesdale cross, responds to the gentlest of rein control, voice commands and movements as subtle as the turn of Jodie Thorne’s head, which is just as well because Jodie doesn’t have the strength of other riders.
Jodie has Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy, a muscle disease characterized by the progressive weakening and loss...
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