Livestock
Kikitangeo dispersal a season highlight
Country-Wide asks ram breeders how their selling season has been.
Looking back, to look forward
Kerry Dwyer reflects on a 40-year-old review of pasture management and animal production.
Chasing Mr Goldenballs’ mutations
In pursuit of Wiltshire lambs who might have inherited the Myomax lean muscle mass gene, farmer and geneticist Nicola Dennis tells how the family went about the testing process.
Taking to the handpiece
Alex Clapman Typifies the West Otago community spirit that drove the ‘Shear 4 Blair’ Waitangi Weekend shearing marathon.
Guilt trees destroying farming
Gisborne farm consultant Peter Andrew protests the move to carbon forestry in his region.
Erosion-prone land brings pine profits
While sheep and beef are the focus of Waipari station, trees to protect eroding land bring in the money, Russell Priest writes. Photos by Brad Hanson.
