Displaying items by tag: Northland

Tuesday, 18 August 2015 11:00

Measured strategy underpins success

A careful overall environmental strategy is paying off for a Northland drystock farming couple.

Published in Management

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.

Published in Management
Sunday, 14 June 2015 10:26

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.

Published in Agribusiness
Wednesday, 03 June 2015 15:45

Young Guns - Justin Atkinson

Justin Atkinson aged 35 is a winemaker and viticultralist at Marsden Estate.

Published in Profiles
Wednesday, 03 June 2015 09:38

Northland – Marsden Estate

Northland has 15 Wineries and around 45 vineyards from Mangawhai in the south to Kari Kari in the far North.

Published in Regional Updates
Tuesday, 26 May 2015 14:04

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.

Published in Management

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. 

Published in General News
Saturday, 16 May 2015 11:03

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.

Published in General News
Saturday, 09 May 2015 00:00

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.

Published in General News
Thursday, 23 April 2015 11:03

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.

Published in General News
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