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Cameron Glammies Winners

Sat 19 Oct 2013

In 2008 Forbes and Angus Cameron were inaugural winners of Beef and Lamb NZs Glammie awards - an annual award recognizing the countrys tastiest and most tender leg of lamb.
Oct 2013
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NZ AgITO Trainer of the Year

Sat 12 Oct 2013

Greenfield's Kevin Smith has won the AgITO sheep industry trainer of the year award. Kevin has trained more than 40 young people in the last...
Oct 2013
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Taratahi

Sat 05 Oct 2013

Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre was established in 1919 in the central Wairarapa as a training farm for men returning from the First World War.
Oct 2013
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Psa Update 2013

Sat 21 Sep 2013

An overview of the Psa problem in the kiwifruit industry, the $20 million dollar research programme around it and how two growers are responding to...
Sep 2013
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Landcorp Waitepeka Farm

Sat 29 Jun 2013

Landcorp's Waitepeka Farm at Balclutha is leading the game environmentally and educationally in its goal of farming for profitability and sustainability.

Peter and Helen Gilder have...
Jun 2013
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Otakanini Topu Maori Inc

Sat 08 Jun 2013

South Kaipara Head farming business Otakanini Topu's goal is to become more profitable, but not at the expense of land or water quality, and with...
Jun 2013
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Larsen Farm Forester

Sat 01 Jun 2013

Dennis and Margaret Larsen, who have produced a valuable asset from years of tree planting, won the 2012 Husqvarna South Island Farm Foresters of the...
Jun 2013
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Leslie B+LNZ Demonstration Farm

Sat 16 Mar 2013

Beef + Lamb NZ is involved with five project farm types designed to meet the needs of sheep and beef farmers in various localities throughout...
Mar 2013
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Coates Dairy Conversion

Sat 09 Mar 2013

In 2007 Murray and Gaye Coates Haupiri sheep and deer farm was the Northern Westland Monitor Farm. By June 2008 the couple were running dairy...
Mar 2013
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Gloriavale

Sat 02 Mar 2013

In a remote part of the West Coast inland from Greymouth is a farm called Gloriavale. Its a multi-faceted farm business that supports a community...
Mar 2013
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Rotavirus in Calves

Sat 05 May 2012

Rotavirus infections cause severe scouring and death in very young calves, at great cost to the dairy and dairy beef industries. Calves get early protection...
May 2012
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Atkinson Organic Sheep & Beef

Sat 16 Jul 2011

Ian and Heather Atkinson took over management of the family farm from Ians parents in the early 1980s and immediately began farming organically. There were...
Jul 2011
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Over the Moon Cheese

Sat 03 Jul 2010

Two years ago we visited the Grahams at their Pukeatua property where they farm milking goats biologically a system that they say is beyond...
Jul 2010
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PrimePort Timaru

Sat 22 Nov 2008

PrimePort Timaru is a great example of a regional New Zealand port which was founded to serve the pioneers, who were all either farmers or rural servicing companies, and has grown as the primary sector has grown.
Nov 2008
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Pasture Renewal

Sat 22 Nov 2008

The Pasture Renewal Trust was set up by a group of companies who have an interest in the pasture market.

They say that the rate that...
Nov 2008
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New Zealand Light Leathers

Sat 15 Nov 2008

New Zealand Light Leathers (NZLL) was established in 1973 by a group of meat processors to tan and produce wet blue leathers using pickled lamb...
Nov 2008
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White Rock Station - Rangitata

Sat 15 Nov 2008

Since 2002, Ross and Sally Stevens have farmed White Rock station in an equity partnership with American couple Bob and Mary Sierra. For the previous...
Nov 2008
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Snail farming

Sat 08 Nov 2008

Looking for a home-based business that she could run on the family two acre block in the Hawkes Bay, Raewyn Achten researched and then established...
Nov 2008
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Quantock

Sat 08 Nov 2008

Improved pasture management, a healthier fertiliser policy, and some new technology to provide animal traceability from source to slaughter have led to better farm performance...
Nov 2008
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Total Vineyard Solutions

Sat 01 Nov 2008

Total Vineyard Solutions (TVS) is a suite of consultancy services and products from Corbans Viticulture. Developed in 2007, it captures every aspect of vineyard development...
Nov 2008
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Wool Textiles

Sat 01 Nov 2008

AgResearch Textile Science and Technology Section used to be the Wool Research Organisation of NZ (WRONZ), then Canesis Network, and then was bought 18 months...
Nov 2008
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Agri-Lab

Sat 25 Oct 2008

Angela Payne's company Agri-lab Co-Products Ltd deals with bits and pieces from meat processing plants that no-one else was previously much interested in. Using unique...
Oct 2008
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On-Farm Research

Sat 25 Oct 2008

On-Farm Research is a private research company focusing on grass-roots research and they are the New Zealand experts in calf-rearing research.

The Poukawa research station used...
Oct 2008
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Taruna Biodynamic

Sat 18 Oct 2008

If you want to be an organic or biodynamic farmer or learn about how to convert your property or become certified - where...
Oct 2008
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Firstlight Venison

Sat 18 Oct 2008

Firstlight Venison is a relatively new company that is a new model of a supply chain for the meat industry.

Firstlight Venison is half owned by...
Oct 2008
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Silver Fern Farms plant investment Finegand

Sat 11 Oct 2008

The Otago Daily Times once said that this plant which has been here since 1912 - was the worst polluter in the southern hemisphere,...
Oct 2008
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Craigs Poultry

Sat 11 Oct 2008

At peak production this Herbert based business produces up to half a million eggs a week. The Craig family has been involved in poultry farming...
Oct 2008
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Raw milk cheese

Sat 04 Oct 2008

Dr David Everetts (Senior lecturer in Food Science, Otago University) specialist interest is dairy food chemistry, particularly cheeses. With the growth of the food...
Oct 2008
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Oamaru Limestone

Sat 04 Oct 2008

Way back in 1872 Henry Mitchell bought land at Weston, just outside of Oamaru and named the property Parkside after the Parkside Hotel he owned...
Oct 2008
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Possum Research

Sat 27 Sep 2008

AgResearch, the University of Otago, also Victoria, and also Landcare Research have all been involved in possum research. All of these possum projects have been...
Sep 2008
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Te Mania Angus

Sat 27 Sep 2008

Te Mania Angus has 830 breeding cows on a North Canterbury property and nearly 2000 cows on a sister stud in Victoria, Australia.

It is one...
Sep 2008
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Cattle Reproduction Research

Sat 20 Sep 2008

The AgResearch reproduction research team at Invermay is identifying animals with increased embryo survival, either to ensure a higher rate of twin lambs, rather than...
Sep 2008
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Bryan Hocken

Sat 20 Sep 2008

Bryan Hocken is a former Taranaki Fed Farmers president , unofficial Mayor of Tarata and local character. In heartland dairy farming country hes carved out...
Sep 2008
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Simon Adams, Taranaki Dairy Trainee of the Year

Sat 13 Sep 2008

26 year old Simon Adams and his partner Nicola Cocksedge have two children Jordan (5) and Olivia and (15 months).

When Simon left high school he...
Sep 2008
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Robin and Jacqueline Blackwell

Sat 13 Sep 2008

Dairy support is the major income earner on Robin and Jacqueline Blackwells 600-hectare Taranaki farm, Mangaotea, between Stratford and Inglewood.

Ninety percent of stock run on...
Sep 2008
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One Plan

Sat 06 Sep 2008

The Manawatu-Wanganui region encompasses around 8% of New Zealands land area. There are 6000 farms in the region.

Horizons Regional Council is trying to strike a...
Sep 2008
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Norm Johnson, 85 not out!

Sat 06 Sep 2008

Norm Johnson was a keen cricketer. His best score ever, he says, was 85 not out. Now in his 86th year hes aiming for his...
Sep 2008
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Livestock parasite tools

Sat 30 Aug 2008

AgResearch and Massey University are working together in a joint venture in the Hopkirk Research Institute. They are developing new diagnostic tools for internal parasites...
Aug 2008
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Greening Waipara

Sat 30 Aug 2008

Greening Waipara is a biodiversity enhancement project on a large scale in the wine-growing region of North Canterbury around Waipara township.

Over 40 vineyards have planted...
Aug 2008
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Palm Kernel Extract

Sat 23 Aug 2008

Imported palm kernel extract (PKE) is now a popular supplementary feed for dairy cows.

Massey University and AgResearch Grasslands have been researching the use of palm...
Aug 2008