Building Resilience on Farm

Otago high country farmer Jack Cocks has spent the past eleven years recovering from a life-threatening brain aneurysm. He has since given around 30 presentations,…

One stroke at a time

After a lifetime on the grass, Wairarapa farmer Jamie Strang decided to hit the water and row Cook Strait to raise funds for Farmstrong. Here’s…

Be Part of Jamie Strang’s Epic Journey to Support Farmstrong!

A remarkable 76 year-old Jamie Strang is a remarkable 76-year-old who’s taking on Cook Strait with a rowboat and a heart full of courage. A…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Slade McDonald

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to Slade McDonald, who in just 24 years has dealt with more challenges than most people do in a lifetime.…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Junior Taulago

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to Junior Taulago – an inspirational convert to the primary sector, who’s gone from hip-hop dance instructor to Hawke’s Bay…

No sweat converting woolshed into gym

Converting a South Canterbury woolshed into a gym for locals to get together and work out was no sweat for farmer and qualified nutritionist and…

Up for the challenge

Junior Taulago manages a sheep and beef farm in Patoka near the Kaweka ranges in the Hawkes Bay.  His year was going smoothly until Cyclone…

Cycling fundraiser riding high again

Charitable organisation Bike for Blokes is riding high for the second year in a row after cycling the length of New Zealand and raising $250,000…

Going with the flow

Farm-raised Haley Pugh helped run a thriving chiropractic business in Hokitika, until cancer turned her life on its head. Farmstrong asked her to share what…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Marc Gascoigne

Waikato farmer Marc Gascoigne talks to The Country’s Rowena Duncum about the stress and anxiety he hid for eight years, before finding the courage to…

On your bike: Cycling fundraiser huge success

Good mates Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir were so inspired cycling the length of New Zealand and raising more than $200,000 for their Bike for…

A Catch-up Over Cricket

Tim Bond recently pulled on the pads for the dairy farmers team in Te Puke’s annual farmers versus growers cricket game. He shared his thoughts…