How can you support your rural community?

It’s often said that life will only throw as much at us as we can handle. But sadly, that just isn’t always the case.The recent …

Three things I lock in to manage the busy season

Whether you’re a farmer or a grower, at some point in the year your ‘busy season’ will kick in. It’s no different for me as …

Farmers on stress and how they cope with it

Three farming couples discuss how they recognise the warning signs of stress and manage it, so it doesn’t negatively impact their business and personal wellbeing.

Women on wellbeing

Clinical psychologist Sarah Donaldson and a range of farming women, share advice about how to deal with the many challenges in farming. Topics include socialising, exercising, …

Sam Whitelock on sleep

Sam shares a few tips on how to get a great night’s sleep.  

Farmer to farmer with Lisa Kendall

FMG Young Farmer of the Year finalist Lisa Kendall runs a busy hire-a-farmer business in Karaka. Here are the proactive steps she takes to keep …

Sam Whitelock tip – making small decisions

Sam Whitelock shares his tip on making small decisions. He suggests that you look at what you can control then break it down.  

New initiative prepares women for calf rearing

Canterbury dairy farm contractor Nicole Jackson is on a mission to reduce the number of injuries to female calf rearers during the physically demanding calving …

Getting the balance right

Achieving a better balance between work and life off the farm, helped King Country sheep and beef farmer Wendy Coup beat burn out. “What I learnt …

Introducing Farmstrong

Farmstrong is a rural wellbeing programme designed by farmers for farmers. Its focus is pretty simple: the most important asset on any farm is you, …

Meet Dr Tom Mulholland and Healthy Thinking

Dr Tom Mulholland introduces Healthy Thinking, a set of tools and resources to help farmers manage their emotions and attitudes, both on and off the …

Tony Anderson – Farming in the Chatham Islands

Farming in the remote Chatham Islands has its own unique set of challenges, due in large part to its isolation. Farmstrong and Dr Tom Mulholland …