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 …

Preparing for the busy season

Calving season can be a very demanding time for farming women. Here are a few tips from Farmstrong on how to get through Get in …

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, …

Sam visits the Bay of Plenty

In March 2019 Farmstrong ambassador Sam Whitelock visited the Bay of Plenty. First off the bat he had a backyard game of cricket with local …

Three kiwi adventurers raise money for Farmstrong

Three intrepid, young Kiwis have entered a demanding 3,500 kilometre rickshaw race across India to raise funds for Farmstrong.  They are Nikki Brown, Natalie Lindsay …