Impressive price for Charolais bull
Hemingford Charolais Stud in Culverden, North Canterbury, has sold the highest-priced Charolais bull sold in New Zealand in 16 years.
Hemingford Maximus fetched $27,000 last...
Show tradition under threat
By DAVID HILL
The future of a Kiwi agricultural tradition that dates back more than century is unclear as A&P associations weigh the risks of...
It began with Henny Penny
By DAVID HILL
A childhood fascination with breeding bantams has led to a North Canterbury woman studying to become a vet.
Georgina "Georgie" Martin, aged 22,...
MPI moves to allay fears around Mycoplasma bovis
By David Hill
Government officials have sought to allay the fears of North Canterbury farmers around Mycoplasma bovis.
Nearly 200 farmers turned out at the Amberley...
Naturally durable trees seen as timber of future
By SHELLEY TOPP
The owner of Mount Grey Homestead farm in Ashley, which has more than 650 varieties of trees and shrubs planted over 100...
Araucanas lay it on the line with their coloured eggs
By DAVID HILL
If you've read the Dr Seuss story Green Eggs and Ham, the eggs may well have been laid by araucana chickens.
Jose Doo,...
Logging into a dream
By AMANDA BOWES
A log house is rising on river terraces above Lake Sumner Forest Park, fulfilling the long-held dream of Steve and Debbie Board.
The...
Sad end too life of farming
By ROBYN BRISTOW
Dealing with Mycoplasma boviswas not the way Cheviot couple Richard and Jane Maxwell wanted to end their farming careers.
"It is our lifetimes'...
Furrowed brows
Farmers were all concentration at the North Canterbury Ploughing Match Association's annual ploughing match at Alan Winter's Swannanoa farm on Sunday (20 May)
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The association...
Philip goes the distance
On the move .. Philip Graham and his mount, Rosewood Bashir, are bound for North Carolina. PHOTO: NEIL CLARKSON
By ROBIN MARSHALL
Any thoughts of easing...
