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Time to bask

Chris Biddles marks some important anniversaries, and – unlike many – relishes the rain.

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Give me a break

Covid put the kibosh on her trip two years ago, but in July this year Alison Robertson finally got away.

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We’re off to France and Italy

John Scott and family have become involved in Scotland’s agritourism.

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Turning up the heat

Nick Loughnan is blown away by the vision of a lost glacier.

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Lean on me

Paused sharemilker Mark Chamberlain is feeling refreshed in the first weeks of his gap year. And he has plans.

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Outfoxed by Grandad

While some were checking out the retirement village options, Charlotte Rietveld’s Grandad had other ideas.

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Spotting a successful farmer

Last century a sheep farmer could be spotted as soon as he pulled into town, but Paul Burt says identification isn’t so easy anymore.

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A question of priorities

He’s had a holiday, but now he’s home, Roger Barton is seething about a government minister’s apparent hypocrisy.

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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.

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Sugar beet a winner

David Walston writes from the UK where weather and pricing are dictating his planting schedule.

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