…of 17 sub-catchments in the Tukituki with a community led sub-catchment group. At present 90% of the landowners across the Tukipo sub-catchment are involved in the catchment group. This includes…
…of 17 sub-catchments in the Tukituki with a community led sub-catchment group. At present 90% of the landowners across the Tukipo sub-catchment are involved in the catchment group. This includes…
…90% of farmers in the Awamoko, Waiareka and Kakanui areas (dryland and irrigated) and 100% of the Lower Waitaki Irrigation company’s members with an increasing number of dryland farmer members…
…Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University. She says picking an inaugural winner was no easy task as all the regional winners had shown great commitment to the values of the…
…investment in long-term infrastructure ensures they keep up to date with compliance rules and enables flexibility and resilience within their operation. Streams and wetlands have been fenced, and riparian planting…
…monitoring systems are in place for environmental protection “and farm management systems exceed compliance standards”. “The Gilders have a vision and a passion for what they do and an understanding…
…other crops,” judges said. Instead of conventional cultivation methods, a considerable investment has been made in non-inversion equipment aimed at incorporating residues and creating a seedbed without turning the soil….
…and Laura Werder, Awatea Farm, Huiroa. Donaghys Farm Stewardship Award and Taranaki Regional Council Sustainability Award: Scott and Julayne Thompson, Ngamatapouri Land Company Ltd, Waitotara. For more information on the…
A Tauranga sheep and beef property which has been in the same family for half a century has won the Supreme award in this year’s Bay of Plenty Ballance Farm…
…mated to Texel/Finn rams and lambed at 152% (including hogget lambs) last spring. Approximately 260 bulls were wintered in a cell grazing system last year and another 100 yearling bulls…
On Wednesday December 2nd around 100 visitors attended the Ballance Farm Environment Awards Horizons regional supreme winner, the Clarke family’s Woodhaven Gardens Originally established in 1978 as a lifestyle choice for Eric Clarke and his son John, a passion…
…Balls have achieved best practice agronomy to optimise crop and animal yields without compromising environmental health. Dennley Farms has a number of initiatives and features in place. These include working…