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Ealing farmer Shayne Jones of Farmleigh Limited has taken out the best fodder beet crop in this years’ Ashburton A&P Association’s Winter Feed Competition, and also took out the Ravensdown Trophy for the overall winner.

Nationwide appreciation and recognition for the hard mahi put in by our farmers on a daily basis is the ultimate aim of a newly launched campaign by Ruralco.

You may remember the adage: “An animal resting in the shade is not doing what it is meant to be doing—eating grass and fattening up.” Things have come a long way since then and shelter has become one of the key components of animal welfare.

A new test provides information on soil’s biological properties as well as its fertility, quickly, easily and affordably.

A Christchurch family fishing company has placed one foot in the sea and another on the land with their range of sustainable fish fertilisers that are bringing the ocean to the paddock across New Zealand and beyond.

Set up by two South Island farmers on a mission to create a unique clothing line that challenges the world of fast fashion, Hemprino blends the best properties of merino and hemp in an innovative single-blend yarn.

The Ruralco team is looking forward to renewing and making new connections at this year’s AgFest in Greymouth this spring.

Giving a little is reaping big rewards thanks to a farming initiative aimed at preventing New Zealanders from going hungry. Meat the Need was launched during the first 2020 lockdown and sees generous livestock donations from farmers turned into mince meat which is then donated to food banks across the country. Since then, over 760,000 meals of mince have been provided to families in need.

Once again, we have seen some extreme weather through the winter period and while not as damaging as the previous year the excess water across vast areas of Canterbury has been visually obvious across prolonged periods.

Ruralco’s Pasture Packs have been designed to make selecting new pasture a simple process, with the added assurance only proven premium seeds are selected to produce ultimate results and ultimate pastures.