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March Agronomy Update from Ashburton Store Manager, Bill Cabout.

In New Zealand, pasture pests and animal health issues can significantly impact farm productivity. Innovative solutions like RGT18, a new endophyte from RAGT, are helping to address these challenges, creating healthier and more resilient farm environments.

As the world awaits the return of Donald Trump to the White House, there has been a lot of conversation about what any resulting shifts in global trade dynamics might be. I thought it was a good time to add to the conversation my key observations for New Zealand farmers.

Dairy farmers weighing up a move into share farming next season should take time to know their numbers before signing on the dotted line, Federated Farmers leaders say.

Otago high country farmer jack cocks has spent the past eleven years recovering from a life-threatening brain aneurysm. He’s given around 30 presentations, here and overseas, on how farmers can ‘thrive in the face of adversity’.

Ruralco’s Ashburton store has been meeting farmers’ needs for nearly 50 years while navigating the ebbs and flows of an ever-changing agricultural industry.

While humbled to travel the globe being the voice for New Zealand’s agricultural sector, as Hamish Marr looks back on the past year, he stands proud to be advocating for one of the smallest.

Rural Contractors NZ has launched a campaign on the risks of fatigue in their industry. CEO Andrew Olsen says, because they work seasonally, drive big machines and face weather and crop timing challenges, rural contractors need to manage fatigue risks.

Step it up this summer with some iconic family-friendly walks located around Canterbury.

In irrigation management, it is interesting to consider the old adage that “You can’t manage what you don’t measure”. Or could that be, what you can only model?