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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…
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…
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…
School fun day unites farming community
Tiny Hororata Primary School in rural Canterbury recently hosted a special day of fun activities to promote the five ways to wellbeing and bring the…
Farm for life
Tangaroa Walker was the inaugural winner of the Ahuwhenua Young Māori Farmer Award in 2012 and has gone on to a successful career as a…
Oh Baby! Sam’s top sleep tips
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Keeping Fit for Calving
A series of videos designed to help women stay fit for the calving season is being promoted again this year by Farmstrong. The videos aim…
Fit for Calving Exercise Programme
The Fit for Calving programme will help you prevent strains and injuries as you come into and during the physically-intensive calving season. The stretches and… 
