Country-Wide April 2023

In part four of the Mycoplasma bovis series, Nicola Dennis delivers a timeline that delves into the detail – the good, the bad and the ugly – as New Zealand battled to control the M bovis outbreak.

The methodology for calculating inflation and interest rates: is it time for a rethink in volatile times?

By Victoria Rutherford.

Lamb at $6.60/kg carcaseweight (CW) felt like such a time in the doldrums, given the super summer prices of 2022.

Less bureaucracy, better co-ordination and easily accessible information systems are farmers’ top wishes as they clear up after Cyclone Gabrielle.

Based on Beef + Lamb New Zealand’s October prediction, farmers expected 2022/23 to be a reasonable year but lamb hit a pothole and mutton prices choked.

Micha Johansen took precautions as the Tukituki River spilled across the paddocks.

When Scotland is playing rugby well it can make all the difference for John Scott at Hill of Fearn.

It pays to crunch the numbers and weigh up your options before deciding to buy or lease your tractor, Kerry Dwyer writes.

The Australian National sheep flock is growing – up to its highest level since 2007, at 78.75 million head.