The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is contributing $50,000 through Sustainable Food & Fibre Futures (SFF Futures) towards the one-year, $95,000 project. Alliance Group, the countrys second-largest meat exporter and largest lamb processor, confirmed it would be ending the use of coal at all of its seven plants within 10 years and was at present examining other fuel options across its network. No need to destroy the perfect way of farming Lone Sorensen: Why are we accusing farming and in particularly dairy farming for being the cause, at least here in NZ, for global warming? Nine years after that fateful meeting the Shorts now have a young family and a 105ha, 200-cow dairy farm west of Feilding. POLITIK understands that around 70,000 temporary work visas are due to expire by the end of September. Zanda McDonald Award winners have bright futures Jessica Johnston: TWO young guns are making great strides in the northern beef industry, proving the future of agriculture is in safe hands. The 2013 Taranaki Dairy Trainee of the Year, Daniel Regtien, has a list of goals. So lets look at the prospects for forestry. "They'll be broke and gone in five years" the old boys all said at the time. I fail Junk Free June on day one consistently. The differences between animal welfare and animal ethics and where the biggest challenges to livestock production may lay with the latter was explored by Dr Beggs in a recent episode of the RawAg podcast produced by southern seedstock operation Te Mania Angus. . Rowena Duncum Executive Producer - The Country with Jamie Mackay & Host - The Country Early Edition at NZME. I've never attempted Dry July, because it falls during footy season. "Duncum adds that thoseparticipatingneed to rememberthings such as how they transport their firearms and the potential reaction to gun shot sounds.LISTEN TO ROWENA DUNCUM TALK WITH ANDREW DICKENS ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Wairarapa farmers Lynley and Matt Wyeth are spearheading the'invite a townie to dinner on National Lamb Day'initiative. Cost should not shut borrower out of mediation sharemilkers say: The Sharemilkers Section of Federated Farmers strongly supports the Farm Debt Mediation Bill (No 2) but would like to see changes to ensure a borrower isnt shut out of the process because they cant afford it. Vet behind Mycoplasma Bovis detection hopeful for eradication: The amaru vet, whose efforts led to the identification of cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis in New Zealand, says she is optimistic the disease can be eradicated. In fact, the build was so late we ended up milking 70 heifers on a two-cow plant in the hay shed. I'm sure rugby fans all over the world have the same feeling right now. Rowena Duncum: The Essential Freshwater Package has Rowena Duncum wishing the Government would stick to the Keep It Simple Stupid method. We cant wait to get our own piece of dirt but know itll be a hard slog and is a way off yet., It was the first time the couple, milking 360 cows for Craig and Lucy Bradley, had entered the awards. . Much of the human destruction of biodiversity happened a long time ago . One billion tree flawed says climate scientist: The Forestry Minister Shane Jones one billion trees wont reduce carbon emissions, as too few natives are being planted, climate scientist Jim Salinger says. . . All our logs are in that basket, you could say. We're back, because it's a very special day. Were on track to achieve eradication, but theres still a lot of hard work ahead of us. . Simply outstanding performances all round! 661 lambs in 9hrs. You are the backbone of our farming industry pic.twitter.com/lrktVEgqUL, Rowena Duncum (@rowie_nz) October 14, 2020, Celebrating #IRWD2020 and the amazing courageous #rural #women in #business If you ever need inspiration read some of their stories on my blog https://t.co/g4sMUTK7En pic.twitter.com/8aeYkIp22m, KerryAnderson (@KerryWords) October 14, 2020, Happy International Rural Womens Day from the littlest farmer in our business. The Tipperary Station 1st annual cotton picking. . All Rights Reserved. . New trial could lead to breeding of low methane-emitting cows James Fyfe: A trial is underway in the Waikato to see if there is a link between cows genetics and how much methane they produce. When Mike Short entered the Fieldays Rural Bachelor of the Year competition back in 2009, he wasn't expecting to meet his future wife. Photo / SuppliedSponsored contentOpinion: The Country's executive producer Rowena Duncum had a yarn to a few exhibitors and got a sneak peek at their innovative ideas and products before the gates officially opened at Fieldays today. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming providers. . Global meat production from 1961 to 2018 from UN FAO: https://t.co/E1ZHAWHxhc, % growth over that time:Beef +143%Chicken +1412%Goat +442%Pork +388%Mutton/lamb +99%Turkey +557%, The human population has grown 142% over the same time pic.twitter.com/CUR7NrRVV0, Sara Place (@drsplace) December 21, 2020. I recently had the honour of being the first guest speaker on new agriculturally focused online platform Herd it. . In 2007 we added 80ha of the neighbours to the farm and, as before, did all the water scheme and fencing ourselves. It ticks all the boxes I've just mentioned and is a really interesting tale to boot. We are so grateful that Rowena has taken some time out of her busy schedule to join us on the podcast. Now if they have nothing to hide, why arent we seeing cameras on some of these big boats?. Whenua Ora Tangata Ora partnership leads the way forward in regenerative agriculture: An initiative targeted at establishing and supporting a critical mass of New Zealand landowners to use regenerative farming practices was launched today. . 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New Zealand cannot afford to add that to the $60b Covid tab, so the forestry strategy simply must succeed. "Peter Miskimmin, the chief executive of government agency Sport New Zealand, said the return of stadium games is enormously significant, and that sports are part of the nation's DNA. Rachel Short began farming in 2004, with Kenneth Short joining her in 2007 while keeping on in building until 2010. Earlier in the week, the country removed just about every remaining virus restriction, with the notable exception of keeping the border closed.That meant there were no masks or social distancing required when more than 20,000 fans poured into the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin to watch Saturday's match between the local Highlanders and the Chiefs, who had traveled from Hamilton. pic.twitter.com/Ewbl8BbAZB, Got to sing the New Zealand anthem a second time: Allan Oldfield World Blade Shearing Champion 2019! That brief exchange revealed plenty about Smith and his business, Gravity Fishing. This has made everything "final" in my opinion. "Things are looking up. 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"Anyone who's a fan of live sport or even live music knows that if you're there, it's totally different," he said.For fan Iki Uele, it was a pleasure just seeing all the people. Short spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay and Rowena Duncum about his first encounter with Ryley McGougan saying the timing wasn't perfect, but it all worked out in the end. And calving. We had a farm signed up just out of Riversdale in Southland originally, but at the eleventh hour it fell through. The group, modelled on a similar Ashburton arrangement, was formed to support the ministrys M. bovis eradication programme and assist with regional decision-making to benefit farmers. . Black Heels and Tractor Wheels Podcasts are a Rural Women NZ initiative in which they share stories from a range of women around New Zealand. What a great concept! Thats the question Newshub reporter Michael Morrah has been trying to solve since National decided they were a good idea and promised to introduce them in 2016. Theyre all about public accountability and providing proof that the industry as they state have nothing to hide. Rowena shares tips for women with a passion for a similar career or similar might benefit from, and talks about how farming can use social media better. TV Shows. Ben Richards becomes Bayer Marlborough Young Viticulturist of Year 2019: Ben Richards from Indevinbecame the Bayer MarlboroughYoung Viticulturist of the Year 2019 on 4 July following the competition held at Constellations Drylands Vineyard. This years Fieldays has had five and a half months of extra buildup, as it was delayed to avoid the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. She spent days in the hay shed, with us carting feed and water to her, lifting her and such like, but to no avail. "LISTEN ABOVE AS ROWENA DUNCUM SPEAKS WITH ANDREW DICKENSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. It seemed to rain every day from 10 June till end of September that first year. It's a continuous circle of adding nutrients and harvesting grass. The Rural Bachelor of the Year competition is now called the Fieldays Rural Catch competition as this year includes both female and male contestants. In the last seven days, weve heard a range of opinions. Plus a second and three thirds in the categories we didnt win. Along with pushing the buttons to take the show to air at midday each weekday, she also contributes to the shows direction, hunts down people for interviews and tries to keep the shows host Jamie Mackay in line as NZs champion cow-pat thrower and the 2nd best gumboot thrower in the world, shes more than qualified. the podcast on. In January 2018 they were selling at $6.60 dropping to $3.86 at closing on 30 June 2019. Theyre fishing for the future Neal Wallace: The desire to remove the ticket-clipping middlemen is not confined to dairy and meat farmers wanting to get closer to their markets and earn higher prices. . Dad and I had to roll her onto the tractor tray to get her inside. MPI chief science advisor John Roche said the work would help accelerate eradication of the disease from New Zealand farms and minimise the negative impacts. Row breaks down the incredible performance by Megan Whitehead at the Grant Brother's Woolshed. Biosecurity cost blowout for councils Gerald Piddock: Federated Farmers is warning rural district councils could face cost blowouts in meeting the requirements of the Governments National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity. The price of an A-grade log landed in China has fallen from US$130/JAS cubic-metre in early June to approximately US$105/JAS cubic-metre.. . They won $18,600 in prizes at the Taranaki Dairy Industry Awards in Hawera last weekt. "She had a boyfriend and I was clearly a bachelor," says Mike. . Just last month I had a bad day. We lost a LOT of cows that spring. The threat to biodiversity is not new, not necessarily accelerating, mostly not caused by economic growth or prosperity, nor by climate change, and wont be reversed by retreating into organic self-sufficiency. . . It has undoubtedly been the right move for us, as the future of farming constantly changes. A former dairy farmer and 2013 Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year, she hung up the milking apron and swapped her red bands for radio in 2016 to become Executive Producer of The Country NZMEs long-standing rural radio show, hosted by Jamie Mackay. #farmingwithpictures Positive day on the farm today. They have a 200ha dairy farm running 900 cows and 160ha planted in maize. . "It's a great opportunity to socialize again," she said. . Food envy could be the undoing of me.Another factor that could come into play this month, is my utter lack of vegetarian cooking skills. We also have a strong focus on good pasture management. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Here we are one week on from the big water policy announcement and I dont see that abating anytime soon. Diverse in nature, the entries all reflect the Kiwi brand of innovation and community spirit that has flourished during the COVID-19 crisis ensuring New Zealand has access to fresh, local produce. . "The industry's pretty divided over it. Its a rite of passage growing up in Aotearoa. Nominee Olliff Farm north of Auckland faced a dilemma. . 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