Better sleeping for better farming
‘Sleep is perhaps the greatest legal performance-enhancing ‘drug’ that few people are taking advantage of’ Mathew Walker Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University …
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Sam Whitelock’s top tips on sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is key to staying on top of your game – whether you’re on the farm, on the rugby field, or …
Farmstrong and Sarah Donaldson on managing stress
Sarah Donaldson is a clinical psychologist and lives on a sheep farm in the Wairarapa. In this video Sarah talks through what stress is and …
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 …
Tips to help you get through the busy season
Calving season is a very demanding time for farming women. Here are a few tips from Farmstrong on how to get through. Put the right …
Tuk-tuk racers raise over $10,000 for Farmstrong
The pride of the South tuk-tuk team—Nikki Brown, Natalie Lindsay and Gina McKenzie, have completed their epic 3,000km tuk-tuk race across India. They update us …
Healthy thinking for better farming
There is a lot going on in farming at this time of year with added stresses, physical demands and the cold, wet short days. As a result of …
Getting Fit for Calving
A series of videos designed to help women prepare for calving season is being promoted again this year by Farmstrong. The videos aim is to help …
Fit for Calving exercise programme
The Fit for Calving programme will help you prevent strains and injuries as you come into the physically-intensive calving season. The stretches and warm-ups are …
Creating habits
One of the findings from the Farming women on their wellbeing survey carried out last year was that 32% of women said that not enough time for …
Drought Shout brings community together
When Tasman farmers Tarsh Newport and Lisa Anglesey organised a get together for local farmers affected by a recent drought, they had no idea what …
New resource gets the thumbs up
Semi-retired Southland dairy farmer Dennis Farrelly reckons Farmstrong’s new resource to help manage stress should be pinned to every farmer’s fridge or wall. The colourful, …
