Tag: shearing
Staying in the Zone
The mental side of shearing can be as demanding as the physical says Hawkes Bay shearing trainer Pete Chilcott. That’s why the industry is teaming…
Sharing the Farmstrong message
Talking about your own personal wellbeing journey to a roomful of strangers may seem like a daunting prospect to a lot of people, but not…
Small Steps to Big Result
Dan Billing and his mates recently completed a marathon shearing event in support of rural communities doing it tough. He talked to Farmstrong about the…
A Long Winter
It’s a challenging time to be working in the shearing industry. The theme of this year’s annual conference was Building Resilience. Farmstrong caught up with…
A fresh persepctive
Invercargill-based shearing contractor Marty Smith has been in the shearing business for 35 years. He says what’s probably changed most during that time are the…
Sam Whitelock answers shearers’ questions
Farmstrong works in partnership with the NZ Shearing Contractors’ Association and its safety initiative Tahi Ngatahi to promote wellbeing in the wool harvesting industry. In…
Shear Inspiration
Rowland Smith is one of New Zealand’s best known shearers. He’s set world records and won both the NZ Shears and Golden Shears numerous times.…
Raising our game in the woolshed
Farmstrong is partnering with wool harvesting injury prevention initiative Tahi Ngātahi to help shearers and wool handlers look after themselves in the shed. Declining sheep…
The making of a world record
Gore shearer Megan Whitehead recently set a new women’s world shearing record clipping 661 lambs in nine hours. A remarkable achievement for a 24-year-old who…
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…
