Rural firefighters are battling a large scrub fire in North Canterbury as blustery hot north-west winds ravage the region. While a cold southerly front moves up the South Island, which will being relief to the parched Canterbury…
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Rotorua A&P Show shorter but just as sweet
The Rotorua A&P Show has held centre-stage for more than a century, bringing animals and people big and small to the Agrodome for 110 years.But this year brings some changes. Due to Mycoplasma bovis no cattle will at the show and,…
Whangamomona president re-elected after beating a sheep, a teddybear and a cockatoo
In the end, it all came down to five votes. Of the hundreds of votes cast in the official ballot box (which looks suspiciously like a toilet), it came down to just five votes to separate the winner from the runner up in the 2019…
Woodville dairy farmer burns money after cleaning out car
As a dairy farmer, Woodville’s Ben Allomes reckons he’s good at burning money, but not literally.That was until this week when a bag containing $130 went up in smoke after a clean-out of his car. “What a bugger,” he told the…
Opinion: Rodeos important to rural communities
Rodeo, while it needs to continue to lift the bar on animal welfare, is a sport legitimately enjoyed and valued by thousands of New Zealanders, writes New Zealand First MP Mark Patterson, of Lawrence. The ODT is to be commended…
More wood-processing jobs on horizon for Gisborne
More jobs could be on the way for Gisborne’s wood and sawmilling industries this year with Far East Sawmills preparing a funding proposal to double production at the same time as the region plans how to establish the $20 million Prime…
Horowhenua llama breeder sticks up for under threat purebreeds
Fernando, a cross breed Guanaco llama, turned heads at the recent Horowhenua AP&I Show in Levin as he walked around the grounds with owner Judy Webby, and he took all the sights and sounds in his strides. “The noise from the fairground…
Listen: Townie inspired to take up agribusiness
Celine Walters hopes to encourage New Zealand’s best and brightest Year 11 and 12 students to choose agriculture as a career.The Rabobank Waikato Agri-leadership programme director told The Country’s Jamie Mackay that she herself…
Canadian company Saputo tipped to invest in Westland Milk Products
Hokitika-based Westland Milk Products, which has just received a $9.9 million loan from the Government to help build a new milk plant, may be totally or partIally sold to Canadian company Saputo.
The Country – Shearing edition
Today on The Country, Jamie catches up with Sir David Fagan for a preview of the huge year ahead in shearing.On with the show: Sir David Fagan: In the absence of Jacinda Ardern who’s on the other side of the world, we ask rural…