Get a copy of Farmstrong’s new book

Farmstrong has steadily collected stories about how different farmers handle the pressures of farming. Now the best of these feature in a new book – …

Team effort

High country sheep and beef farmer Hamish Murray spent a year on a Nuffield scholarship studying businesses with high-performance team cultures. What he discovered was …

Farmer Geoff Spark chats about how he handles pressure and lives well to farm well.

In this video Canterbury farmer Geoff Spark chats about how he handles pressure and explains how it’s all about keeping the balance so you can …

Geoff Spark chats with Darcy Bishop – ‘tools down’ text to take breaks off the farm.

Geoff Spark chats to Darcy Bishop an Oxford dairy farmer about a group of famers who found a solution of ‘Tools Down’ texting to arrange …

Thinking outside the box

Bex and her partner Steve are 50/50 sharemilkers. They’ve been on a farm in Pahiatua coming up two years. Bex actually comes from a sheep …

Reducing stress and fatigue to avoid accidents

Managing stress and fatigue on the farm is challenging at the best of times, and for some the impact of COVID-19 will increase that challenge. …

Tough times for beekeepers

With the Apiculture conference happening this week in Rotorua, it was a good time to talk about beekeeping. Ricki Leahy, commercial beekeeper and ApiNZ board …

Free meals for workers reaps rewards

When North Canterbury Ag & Silage started providing free meals for its workers, the benefits were massive. During the silage season, which runs from mid-October …