Rural

By DAVID HILL Raising public awareness around nitrate contamination in private wells is a good thing, says Michael Blackwell. The Waimakariri Zone Committee chairperson was responding...

By DAVID HILL North Canterbury farmers are being advised to prepare for the worst as dry conditions continue to bite. Support is available, but farmers need...

By DAVID HILL Sheep dog Winn is a winner. Competing in his first sheep dog trial event at the Oxford A&P Show on Saturday, April 3,...

Dry . . . North Canterbury farmers are looking to the heavens for rain to boost growth and kick winter feed crops along. Photo:...

By DAVID HILL A small North Canterbury school exceeded its expectations at last month's young farmers event. Waikari School, which has just 37 pupils, entered three...

Blow by blow .. Roddy Kidd, aged 84, picked up a hand-piece for the first time in 25 years to shear a sheep at...

Farming in the blood .. Show president Marie FitzPatrick has been successfully juggling a lot of commitments in the lead-up to the Oxford A&P...

Dr Gerald Stone Dr Gerald Alexander Lawson Stone, a stalwart of the Rangiora community and a valued and respected veterinarian, has died, aged 83. Dr Stone,...

By DAVID HILL Proposed new regulations are creating a headache for farmers trying to do the right thing by the environment, the Federated Farmers' high...

By DAVID HILL Federated Farmers is looking to the future as it remembers the past. After a challenging year, the North Canterbury provincial executive has decided...