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Dairy farming on the edge of a higher altitude area can produce a few challenges—but for Jayson and Clare Nish, growing maize isn’t one of them.

With registrations now open for the 2023 Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge the organising committee are well into preparations for the 16th running of Mid Canterbury’s iconic event.

Many older farmers today will well recall the anger and frustration expressed by many New Zealanders in the early sixties when the UK announced its decision to enter the European Economic Community.

A visit from South Dakota State University students to Mid Canterbury farms is a win-win.

Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust takes a proactive approach to strengthening rural communities.

Ruralco has appointed the co-operative’s GM People and Culture, Tony Aitken as its Group CEO.

For Alford Forest couple Richard Morris and celebrated artist, welder, and sculptor Hannah Kidd, a strong connection to New Zealand rural life has remained one true constant in both their lives.

Ruralco is proud of its heritage, its people, the events and the milestones that have helped shape the cooperative and make it what it is 60 years on from its beginning.

The spring agrichemical update will include what is happening on farm for the next three months with cereals, ryegrass, white clover, fodder beet and monitoring store grain.

Once again, we have seen some extreme weather through the winter period. While not as damaging as some previous years, the excess water across areas of Canterbury has been visually obvious for some periods.