Wellness to the Fore
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 …
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Online chat with Sam Whitelock – New Zealand Young Farmers
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 …
Doing Things Differently
Leighton Oats is a veteran of the Kiwifruit industry – 20 years plus. Now he runs his own four and half hectare kiwifruit and avocado …
No need to do it alone
Todd and Anneke Reeves manage 480 cows on a 250 ha family farm in Pukekohe, South Auckland. Todd recently shared his thoughts with Farmstrong on …
From the fashion world to dairy farming
Leaving the glitzy world of fashion to become a dairy farmer has been a steep learning curve for Aucklander Amber Carpenter. Swapping out high heels …
Life Lessons
A family tragedy and health challenges taught Terry Murray a lot about what it takes to navigate tough times. Now’s he’s sharing those lessons with …
You Matter, Let’s Natter
Farmstrong’s You Matter, Let’s Natter campaign is encouraging farmers to catch up with colleagues and neighbours over a cuppa to see how they’re going. Southland …
Catch up over a cuppa
Amber Carpenter is one of a number of farmers helping to promote Farmstrong’s You Matter, Let’s Natter campaign. This encourages farmers to catch up regularly …
Team effort
High country sheep and beef farmer Hamish Murray spent a year on a Nuffield scholarship studying businesses with high-performance team cultures. What he discovered was …
Managing Moving Day
New herd, new home, new community. Moving day can be a stressful time for contract milkers. Here are a few tips on how to manage …
Always a way through
When M. Bovis hit Geoff Spark’s dairy farm a couple of years back it had a huge impact on his life and livelihood. But it …
Getting through dark times and bouncing back
Six years ago a motocross accident left dairy farmer Gary Sunshine-Tervit barely able to work and badly depressed. Now he’s Otago-Southland’s dairy farm manager of …
