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Quiet onfarm, frantic at finals
Hemp product marketing and home farm maintenance kept Blair Drysdale busy on his Balfour farm this winter, and then came the Young Farmer finals.
Sugar beet a winner
David Walston writes from the UK where weather and pricing are dictating his planting schedule.
Hard to get a job from a poor man
Rather than focus on money, NZ should be focusing on education to resolve society’s ills, Paul Burt writes.
The Politricks Horror Show
Jane Smith’s pleased there’s been a good autumn on her farm, but worries this year’s election might be a horror show.
Happy pets and election dread
Mac the Labrador is good at fetching firewood and he could make a good gun dog if Mark Guscott was a duck shooter.
Regrets – I have a few
Mark Chamberlain finds himself looking forward to a gap year he wasn’t expecting.
Weather, cats and the future
As Paul and Suzie Corboy hit ages ending with a zero, they’re thinking about what to do next in life’s big adventure.
A little help at harvest
Charlotte Rietveld has lost control of the olds and has had to recruit the young ones in the stock yards.
Bulldozer better than a boat
Paul Burt loves his new dozer, but he’s struggling to grasp the concept of teamwork.