by Gianina Schwanecke | 12 Sep, 2019 | Rural
The next generation of Sharpes [from left]: Sam, William, Lucy, Olivia and Sara Orsborn. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE It might be celebrating 120 years of operation, but Sharpes Stock Feeds is still moving with the times. The business was founded in 1899 by John...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 6 Sep, 2019 | Rural
Castlepoint Station mate Wagyu bulls with Angus heifers to create terminal sires which they sell on to First Light. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE As a seventh-generation farming family, the Crofoots are always looking for ways to add value to their farming...
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by Christine Dornan | 30 Aug, 2019 | Rural
Mauriceville farmers Alan Stuart, right, and Jim Weston celebrate the completion of the new bridge with the residents of Baregota in Ethiopia. PHOTOS/SUPPLIED Mauriceville farmer Alan Stuart has fulfilled a promise made two years ago, to build a bridge in the...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 28 Aug, 2019 | Rural
A swarm of aphids on a tree branch at a Longbush property in 2016. PHOTO/FILE GIANINA SCHWANECKE In the summer of 2016 a plague of swarming black covered willow trees across the Wairarapa, coating everything in a sweet sticky form of honey dew. From a distance it...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 28 Aug, 2019 | Rural
Members of the Mason family after a sucessful hunt in Ngaumu forest. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE The return of the Ngaumu forest block to Rangitane iwi will be a significant boost for many Wairarapa Maori, according to Jason Kerehi, chair of post-settlement...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 28 Aug, 2019 | Rural
Two proposals have been put forward to help reduce New Zealand’s agricultural emissions. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE Carterton meeting hears concerns about uncertain climate policy GIANINA SCHWANECKE The debate about how best to reduce New Zealand’s agricultural...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 28 Aug, 2019 | Rural
Alan Wilde, left, and Neil Hayes say feral cats shouldn’t be the landowner’s problem to deal with. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE GIANINA SCHWANECKE They’re your loveable, cuddly companions at home. But when they’re wild and their population balloons out of...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 28 Aug, 2019 | Rural
Olives are placed in the hopper to remove stems, leaves, and branches. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE Perfect oil production a mixture of art and science GIANINA SCHWANECKE It’s oil in a day’s work for Rod Lingard at the Olive Press in Greytown. For the last 15 years he’s...
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