by Bevan Wills | 5 May, 2022 | Local Focus, Rural
The Overseas Investment Office has confirmed that six more farms will turn to forestry after being sold to overseas buyers, including the Earlyhurst farm near Masterton. The farms ranged from 264 hectares to 1275ha, with the majority of the land earmarked for planting...
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by Bevan Wills | 16 Apr, 2022 | Local News, Rural
New Zealand’s dairy, meat and forestry industries have been crying out for more workers throughout the pandemic, and the government has finally moved toward meeting their demands. Border-class exemptions to immigration rules were announced this week to bring in 1580...
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by Christine Dornan | 15 Oct, 2021 | Rural
Pea crop. PHOTOS/FILE GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz A pea growing ban came into place for Wairarapa in July 2016 after an insurgence of pea weevils, five years later the industry is creeping back into the region now that restrictions have been lifted. In 2016...
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by Christine Dornan | 24 Sep, 2021 | Rural
PHOTOS/STOCK.ADOBE.COM GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz Greater Wellington Regional Council is getting an influx of complaints about wild pigs and deer in Wairarapa. Catchment management group general manager Wayne O’Donnell told an environment committee meeting that...
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by Christine Dornan | 17 Sep, 2021 | Rural
Jamie Falloon in one of the areas of his farm that he intends to turn into a wetland. PHOTOS/GRACE PRIOR GRACE PRIOR grace.prior@age.co.nz Masterton farmer Jamie Falloon is hoping to restore six wetland areas on his farm but is concerned about some regulations and...
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by Christine Dornan | 21 May, 2021 | Rural
Wairarapa sharemilkers Sumit Kamboj and Manoj Kumar have won the New Zealand Share Farmers of the Year award. PHOTO/FRANCES CHIN Eketahuna sharemilkers Manoj Kumar and Sumit Kamboj were named New Zealand Share Farmers of the Year at the 2021 New Zealand Dairy Industry...
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by Christine Dornan | 11 Dec, 2020 | Rural
Steven Wilkinson and Carey Ashwell at the closed Masterton stock sales yard. PHOTO/GRACE PRIOR Many Wairarapa farmers rely on the Masterton Saleyards to sell their livestock, but with continued closure after covid-19, farmers have not been able to use the yards. GRACE...
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by Christine Dornan | 28 Sep, 2020 | Local News, Rural
Waylon Shadlock makes a 10-hour round trip every weekend to take part in the Agricultural Contracting course being run at Taratahi Agricultural Training Centre near Masterton. PHOTO/SUPPLIED GIANINA SCHWANECKE gianina.schwanecke@age.co.nz Enthusiasm is the key to...
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