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School Fundraiser Gets Behind Rural Mental Health
A group of students at Christchurch Girls’ High have been selling rugby jerseys to raise awareness about the importance of rural mental wellbeing. The group,…
Do The Things That Keep You Well
A lot of farmers and growers support Farmstrong, but sheep and beef farmer Jack Cocks has gone a step further and incorporated many of its…
Grow People to Grow Crops
Craigmore Sustainables was recently named Regional Supreme Winners at the NZ Farm Environment Trust Awards. Kiwifruit Business Manager Alan Dobbie talks about some of the…
Rugby trip gives Wairarapa farmers a chance to reset
After weeks of severe weather, a trip to Wellington gave a group of Wairarapa farmers and rural families something they badly needed – a change…
Fuel that stoke
Farmstrong is getting behind this year’s ‘Cut The Bull’ campaign to reach a new generation of farmers and growers. Leading the charge is Jack Jensen…
Cricket games unite communities
Farmers and growers around the country got the chance to down their tools and showcase their bat and ball skills in a range of cricket…
Putting your mind to it
Shane Ratima, Paerata Abraham and Leon Samuels recently set an eight-hour, three-stand, strong wool shearing world record of 2,073 lambs at Moa Flat in West…
Weathering The Storm
Brayden and Nicole Kyle look after 570 cows just north of Invercargill. It’s a family farm where the couple have been contract milking for 14…
The Gumboot Cup
The Gumboot Cup is a great example of rural communities coming together to take a breather, connect, and have some fun off farm. This locally…
Farmstrong gets behind Spirited Women event
A team of four rural women pushed themselves to their limits mentally and physically, taking out first place in a newly created Farmstrong category of…
Powering Up Mental Fitness in the Woolshed
The NZ Shearing Contractors Association (NZSCA) is teaming up with wellbeing programme Farmstrong on a new initiative designed to pass on mental fitness skills to…
Shearing Event Brings Farm Community Together
The fastest shearer could earn $3,000 in under 20 seconds at the upcoming Speed Shears in Martinborough on Tuesday 3 March. The event, which is… 
