“Whenever you are ready to laugh about it, we’ll come down.”

Well-known Kiwi comedian Nick Rado is expecting to get heckled by some farmers later this month and he wouldn’t have it any other way. The…

Live Well, Farm Well Podcast – Corrigan Sowman

The Country’s Rowena Duncum is joined by Nuffield Scholar and Golden Bay dairy farmer Corrigan Sowman, to look at coping with change and uncertainty. The…

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 – Abbi Ayre

The Country’s Rowena Duncum talks to dairy farmer Abbi Ayre, who shares her tips on juggling farming, family, and voluntary roles in the agriculture industry.…

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…

Keeping well on farm

Farmstrong caught up with Laura Murdoch, the ‘cow whispering’, Southland/Otago dairy manager of year in 2022. She shares how she manages the challenges of a…

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…

The power of small daily habits

Focusing on daily habits helps manage pressure when the going gets tough says Farmstrong Ambassador Sam Whitelock. “Farmstrong was set up in 2015 to help…

Fit for Calving Exercise Programme

The Fit for Calving programme will help you prevent strains and injuries as you come into and during the physically-intensive calving season.  The stretches and…

Keeping Fit for Calving

A series of videos designed to help women stay fit for the calving season is being promoted again this year by Farmstrong. The videos aim…

Likeminded People

Ngatai Luke’s on a mission to put the ‘lifestyle’ back into farming for those involved in his cattle rearing business. Ngatai runs a successful liveweight…

Challenge and Response

Extreme weather has left many farmers and growers with major clean-up and repair work ahead. Farmstrong ambassador Sam Whitelock discusses what it takes to get…