Country-Wide January 2023

On most sheep and beef breeding farms the risk of developing drench resistance comes more from actions behind the farm gate than from what’s coming through it, vet Ginny Dodunski writes.

Breeding is permanent and cumulative and can result in reduced costs as well as improved animal health and welfare. Sandra Taylor reports.

By Trevor Cook

Stocking rates are high on award-winning Wairere Station. By Tony Leggett.

A scheme to return kiwi to farms to the west of Wellington is on target. Sarah Horrocks reports.

Terawhiti is on Wellington city’s boundaries and is one of New Zealand’s oldest farms. It also shares the wind with the Capital, with a power company generating electricity and income for the farm. Report and photos by Sarah Horrocks.

In the second part of a series on Mycoplasma bovis, ag scientist Nicola Dennis investigates the science of human trauma and the moral injustice of the M bovis eradication programme.

Following a series of Covid-induced disruptions, Fieldays 2022 was different - as predicted. By Glenys Christian.

In England’s Hertfordshire, Robert Hodgkins is farming through crazy times.

The market in China is changing rapidly with the effects of Covid and government policies. By Hunter McGregor.