A new DairyNZ study is looking to examine farm practices and technology, to create more modern, productive and safe dairy farm workplaces now and in the future. DairyNZ senior scientist […]
Health and Wellness
Compliance lightened, chlorination requirement gone, for small rural water supplies
by Simon Edwards As news of the expense and compliance burden of proposed new drinking water supply regulations filtered through to rural communities last year, thousands of farmers (not to […]
New guides underline biosecurity issues for ‘top table’
By Simon Edwards Two new resources from Biosecurity Business Pledge target the ‘top table’ at New Zealand’s companies and organisations, offering them a checklist of actions to help ensure they’re […]
Otago masters student probes rural dating scene
A ute drive to some hill vista to watch the sunset? A few beers/wines at the country pub? Skinny dipping at a secluded swimming hole? How do rural men pursue […]
You can’t put a price on family
Had it not been for services funded by farmers’ donations to the Calf & Rural Scheme, Daniel’s future may have been less bright.
Kiri Allan, farmers chew over the issues, including call to bring back the Farm Cadets Scheme
By Simon Edwards When Bay of Plenty farmers met East Coast MP Kiri Allan last month the conversation traversed all sorts of sector pressures but often came back to the […]
Resilience reserves are running on empty
By Richard McIntyre, Federated Farmers national board member Everyone is resilient to a point, but if the pressures keep piling on, that resilience runs out. There are warning signs that […]
“We can work it out” - Getting the best result from a farm debt mediation
MARK KELLY Last month, I wrote about the Farm Debt Mediation Act 2019. The FDMA requires lenders to mediate with farmers before they can enforce farm debt. The idea is […]
Study finds milk substitutes have high cost and low benefits
Plant-based beverages are expensive and provide only a small fraction of the nutritional goodness of cow’s milk, according to a new study. The study, published in the Frontiers in Nutrition […]
Could you have an iron deficiency?
The results from an online iron quiz entitled ‘Could you be low on iron?’ – which checks for common signs and symptoms of iron deficiency – found a majority of […]
