Displaying items by tag: Northland
Measured strategy underpins success
Subdivision and round length prove successful for drystock farmers
Subdivision and longer round length has transformed George and Peggy Morrison’s Northland drystock farm into a highly profitable operation. The farm was the subject of a recent Beef + Lamb NZ field day.
High input hill farm wins top award
If you asked the average Queen Street office worker to describe a high input, high output farm they’d probably describe an operation on the flats whose owners relied on PKE and thought little about the environmental impact of their farm.
Young Guns - Justin Atkinson
Northland – Marsden Estate
Northland has 15 Wineries and around 45 vineyards from Mangawhai in the south to Kari Kari in the far North.
Candys hit the sweet spot with focus farm
For the past four years the Okaihau property of Alister and Lyn Candy and their daughter Christine has been Northland’s DairyNZ focus farm.
‘Top’ farm has Tasman and Pacific views
When Fonterra’s milk tankers do their rounds, the northern-most farm they call on – in all New Zealand – is Len and Pearl Crewther’s in the Far North.
Cows die as farmer works elsewhere
A Northland farmer was fined $4000 and faces $3000 in costs after being found guilty of ill treating cows.
Stopbank cuts costs farmers plenty
Two Northland farmers who dug through a stopbank during Northland’s biggest floods in July 2014 have been fined a combined $112,000, with one farmer copping most of the penalty.
Govt heeds lessons from Northland
To heed the lessons of the Northland by-election the Government needs to stay connected with New Zealand’s rural and remote communities, says Environment Minister Nick Smith.