Tag: fitness
Stepping out for rural wellbeing
North Canterbury sheep scanner and crutcher Ben O’Carroll opens up about why he recently ran 112km from the Cheviot Hotel to the Carlton pub in…
Getting off farm’s important
Dairy farmer Graham Berry milks 240 cows on a 145-hectare West Coast farm near Franz Josef. Farmstrong caught up with him to get his thoughts…
Start the ball rolling
Sheep scanner and crutcher Ben O’Carroll recently ran 112k from the Cheviot Hotel to the Carlton pub in Christchurch to raise awareness about mental health…
Making the most of it
The upheaval caused by two earthquakes and the end of a relationship left north Canterbury sheep and beef farmer Kara Lynn in a tough spot.…
The Gumboot Express
When dairy farmer Harjinder Singh Chander isn’t looking after cows, he’s busy running to raise awareness about rural mental health. Here’s why. Otago dairy farmer…
A Life in Wool
Shearing’s traditionally been all technique and tallies, but a new training programme is encouraging shearers to regard themselves as rural athletes, mentally and physically. Luke…
Farmstrong Fliers take on the world
What do you do to get off the farm? Connect with mates? Meet new people? Get a sweat up and get the heart pumping? Challenge…
Shear Inspiration
Rowland Smith is one of New Zealand’s best known shearers. He’s set world records and won both the NZ Shears and Golden Shears numerous times.…
The making of a world record
Gore shearer Megan Whitehead recently set a new women’s world shearing record clipping 661 lambs in nine hours. A remarkable achievement for a 24-year-old who…
Plenty of positives to go with the negative
Wairarapa sheep and beef farmer James Bruce reckons farmers are better placed than most to cope with the Covid-19 lockdown but still need to look…
