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Mandate unkind
Blair Drysdale has had his vaccinations but fears mandates are bringing division to the nation.
Wanted: Reliable crystal ball
In the Ponotahi Valley, Mark Guscott is waiting to see which way the wind and or rain blows.
Shaking off the winter blues
Columnist Dani Darke returns to her keyboard with observations of spring on the family’s Aria sheep and beef farm.
Surgeons take charge of The Boss
When The Boss ran out of puff, The Chief Inspector booked him into hospital. Charlotte Rietveld plays nursemaid.
The realities of farming
For Gaye Coates and husband Murray the end of winter has allowed them to focus on the ‘doing’ part of farming.
Beauty treatment down the drain
Following a Code Brown alert, Paul Burt spends a day on the tools before admitting defeat and calling a plumber.
Oh, the hypocrisy
Mark Chamberlain seeks a translation for one of his cooperative’s box-ticking exercises.
Niche operator
Robert Hodgkins has found a niche on his Hertfordshire farm in England selling the Romneys to arable farmers as a means to control blackgrass and increase soil fertility.
After the dry, the deluge
Fickle weather has been a challenge for Roger Barton setting up for the new season.