A near miss

A near-fatal accident completely changed Owen Gullery’s approach to life and farming. Now he’s alerting other farmers to the dangers of fatigue and burnout. Owen …

Norwood and Miraka raise $64,000 for Farmstrong

The 2021 Norwood and Miraka Annual Charity Golf Tournament, hosted at Wairakei Golf and Sanctuary in Taupo on Wednesday 30th September, has raised an incredible …

Circle of care

Tanya Sanders not only helps to run a 380-cow dairy farm in Northland, but also works as a GP locum in the area. She shared …

Stay connected

Wairarapa sheep and beef farmers Richard and Becks Tosswill have farmed their 646-hectare property near Ponatahi for nearly a decade. They run up to 5,800 …

A banter over a beer

Paul and Pip Walker run a 300-cow, 90-hectare dairy farm in Pongakawa, just south of Te Puke, in the Bay of Plenty. Pongakawa can get …

Start a conversation

Kane Brisco’s into his seventh year 50/50 sharemilking at Ohangai near Hawera, in South Taranaki. He’s started his own social media page to get farmers …

A bit of a breather

Dairy farmer Daniel Hathaway recently took a couple of days off his hectic farming schedule to play in the Norwood and Miraka Charity Golf Tournament …

Managing fatique

There are only so many hours in a day, so when life gets really busy on farm having a strategy to manage fatigue is vital. …

A Hawke’s Bay shearing legend

One Tuesday evening recently, Colin Watson-Paul was busy teaching a group of women how to shear, when, much to his surprise, a TV crew walked …

Farmstrong brings comedy shows to Hawke’s Bay

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

Link between diminished wellbeing and on-farm injuries

Research undertaken by rural wellbeing initiative Farmstrong and ACC has established a link between diminished wellbeing and on-farm injuries The study of 500 farmers receiving …

Farmstrong brings comedy shows to Marlborough

Nationwide rural wellbeing programme Farmstrong is putting on two comedy shows for Marlborough’s farming community. The crew at Moore Sheep Shearing are among those heading …