by Christine Dornan | 29 May, 2020 | Rural
Six GFF students were partnered with farmers across Wairarapa for on-farm training opportunities as part of the programme.PHOTOS/FILE Four months into the Wairarapa pilot of the Growing Future Farmers programme, GIANINA SCHWANECKE speaks to those involved about how it...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 29 May, 2020 | Rural
During Alert Level 4 even New Zealand hunters were not allowed to hunt for risk of bursting others bubbles if they ran into strife. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE It’s been a difficult season for deer hunters across the country, none more so than hunting tour guide...
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by Christine Dornan | 19 May, 2020 | Local News, Rural
More than 630 bales of hay, straw and baleage were sent in from about 100 farms across the region. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz There were a few “dusty eyes” as eight trucks laden with donated feed from Wairarapa farmers and rural...
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by Christine Dornan | 15 May, 2020 | Local News, Rural
Managing director of Gladstone-based Cabernet Foods and Kintyre Meats Lyndon Everton. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz Drought conditions across the country, which pushed farmers to move stock off their farms, coupled with...
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by Christine Dornan | 14 May, 2020 | Local News, Rural
Masterton Vegetable Seeds. PHOTO/GIANINA SCHWANECKE GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz With news of a seed processing plant expansion in Masterton and with the pea weevil ban finally lifted from the region, there’s much to celebrate for arable growers in...
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by Christine Dornan | 13 May, 2020 | Local News, Rural
Annabelle Guscott, 11, Ella Hansen, seven months old, and Ben Guscott, 8, atop some of the feed collected for Hawke’s Bay farmers. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz It wasn’t all that long ago that Wairarapa farmers were faced with rising...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 11 May, 2020 | Rural
Dry River in Martinborough was established in 1979. PHOTO/RICHARD BRIMER New Zealand’s national Organic Week, held from May 9 to 17 this year, is the country’s largest celebration of organic producers who do not use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides, or other...
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by Gianina Schwanecke | 6 May, 2020 | Rural
The team at Masterton’s Matahiwi Estate observing social distancing measures during the harvest. PHOTO/SUPPLIED A long, dry summer and extended fine spell have made for an excellent harvest despite covid-19 travel restrictions making it difficult for some...
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