Country-Wide February 2023

A Hunterville couple is moving closer to their goal of farm ownership by building equity through leasing and cutting costs, Terry Brosnahan writes.

With the right skills, there are opportunities for people to make hugely rewarding careers out of farm management.

When farm business competition winners from the lower North Island shared their success stories at field days late last year, they all had a similar ring. Tony Leggett reports.

By Joanna Grigg

After a topsy-turvy couple of years in farming, Tom Ward analyses the impact of income and costs.

Kerry Dwyer checks out the costs of running a tractor on a farm.

David Walston in the United Kingdom thinks he’s rich in lots of ways, mostly because he’s been lucky, but wasn’t last year when it came to selling his wheat.

North Otago farmer Jane Smith is boiling-mad over many government proposals and worried about the damage reforms will do to NZ farms, farmers and the economy.

The speed at which so many world events slip into the past, it is only the really big events that stand out and anchor themselves in our memories, Nick Loughnan writes.

Paul Burt takes a break from dagging ewes and contemplates the randomness of existence.