September 9, 2025
Pre-loved as Farm Accommodation
From lower costs to a faster, liveable solution, second-hand houses have multiple advantages when contemplating accommodation on farm. Words Sheryl Haitana.
September 9, 2025
What is the Value of Infrastructure?
We asked Gina Duncan, a rural valuer who specialises in dairy farms throughout the Waikato, and ASB Rural General Manager Aidan Gent about the biggest…
September 5, 2025
The Looming Ageing Dairy Infrastructure Problem
A lot of farm dairies built during the boom era will be fast approaching their use-by date. As part of a two-part series on ageing dairy infrastructure on…
September 5, 2025
Episode 78 – Masters of diversification
In this episode, Sarah Perriam-Lampp visits Leefield Station in the Waihopai Valley to talk with Brent Marris, owner of Marisco Vineyards, and Greg Crombie,…
September 3, 2025
Hit nuisance weeds. Save multiple costs.
Mark and Sonia Dillon are fifth-generation Southland farmers and proud of it.
September 3, 2025
What’s your approach to culling ewes?
Massey University Professor Anne Ridler and Otago-based Farm Consultant Peter Young urge farmers to take the time to make more considered decisions when…
August 29, 2025
Episode 77 – Inside the Value Chain Innovation Programme
In this episode, Sarah Perriam-Lampp talks with Lincoln University’s Professor Hamish Gow about the Value Chain Innovation Programme, run by Rural Leaders.…
August 22, 2025
Restoring Mana
The transformation of a once-neglected property on the coastal hills on Northland’s Whangaruru Harbour was recognised on the national stage when Whangaroa…
August 22, 2025
Growing Into Growers
After many years of working with fresh produce, South Auckland’s Peter and Michelle Pan decided to grow fruit and vegetables commercially. Words Helena…
August 22, 2025
High Performance Doesn’t Mean Burnout
Witnessing the stress of sheep farming in Southland as a child led Steve Clarke to a career as a helicopter pilot before returning home to the dairy farm. He…








