Masters of Diversification

Leefield Station in Marlborough’s Waihopai Valley is a powerful example of diversification with multiple land uses intertwined and integrated to provide an…


Celebrating 100 Years of Rural Women New Zealand

As 2025 marks 100 years of Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ), Margaret Vickers reflects on a life of service through sisterhood as a member and leadership roles…


Emerging Leader Helps Farmers

Imogen Brankin, an On-Farm Sustainability Advisor at Silver Fern Farms, was recently named a finalist for the 2025 Emerging Leader Award at the Primary…


A Wild Ride Through Life

This isn’t your average stuffy business or farming book; it’s a refreshing, no-holds-barred uplifting read into how to live a wonderfully imperfect life. Ian…


Lifting Feed Efficiency

The Turnwald family in Waikato have invested in composting barns and a feedpad to lift feed efficiency by reducing feed waste and ultimately helping cows hold…


Fix Pasture Damage From Pugging With Direct Drilling

After a wet winter September is the only window of opportunity you have to fix damage from pugging to avoid an explosion of weeds and a major drop in pasture…


Leave Tariffs to the Farmers

Hank Volger started ranching in 1971 in Spring Valley at the tip of Nevada, south of Las Vegas, near the Arizona border with two cows and seven sheep. His…


From Butter to Beef: Rethinking Our Food System

Jo Hay farms near Herbert in North Otago on 260ha plus a lease of 410ha at Moeraki with husband Ross and children Charlie, Phoebe and Archie. She is also an…


The Ageing Infrastructure – 50% of Farmers

George Moss is a Waikato dairy farmer at Tokoroa. He examines the issue of ageing infrastructure through the lens of an ageing population of farm owners who…


Pouring From an Empty Cup

In an open letter to New Zealand farmers, Aro Hā Wellness Retreat Co-Founder Damian Chaparro says it’s good to be hardworking, but not privately exhausted.…