Prospering through change
Golden Bay dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman spent several years studying how farmers can best tackle the changes underway in agriculture. Now he’s applying what he …
Golden Bay dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman spent several years studying how farmers can best tackle the changes underway in agriculture. Now he’s applying what he …
This Online Chat with Sam was done in partnership with The Pukekohe Vegetables Association (PVGA) and Vegetables NZ. Sam shares lots of great tips including …
Farmstrong helps farmers and growers to cope with the ups and downs of farming. It shares the things farmers can do to look after themselves …
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 …
Jonathon Hoets is a Farm Manager at Kairoa Dairies Limited, which is part of the Rylib Group farming portfolio located in Mid Canterbury. He oversees …
In this video Sam Whitelock shares how he manages disappointment, overcomes challenges, deals with pressure and other people’s expectations and discusses how you could apply …
Southland dairy farmer Brooke Flett shares how a new programme designed to boost the resilience of rural communities helps her navigate the challenges of farming. …
Paul Walker runs a 300-cow, 90-hectare dairy farm in Pongakawa, just south of Te Puke, in the Bay of Plenty. He discusses the difference Farmstrong …
In this video Sam Whitelock shares his advice on how he manages to overcome challenges, disappointment and other people’s expectations as well as lots of …
Farmstrong has steadily collected stories about how different farmers handle the pressures of farming. Now the best of these feature in a new book – …
Leighton Oats is a veteran of the Kiwifruit industry – 20 years plus. Now he runs his own four and half hectare kiwifruit and avocado …
When Waikato dairy farmer George Cawte was growing up, there wasn’t much talk in his rural community about wellbeing or the importance of looking after …