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 …
Tag: time out
Geoff Spark chats with Darcy Bishop – ‘tools down’ text to take breaks off the farm.
Geoff Sparks chats to Darcy Bishop an Oxford dairy farmer about a group of famers who found a solution of ‘Tools Down’ texting to arrange …
Slowing down and family time key
If Pukekohe market gardener and CEO of The Fresh Grower Allan Fong could dish out one piece of advice to his younger self, it would …
It’s not about the cricket
The annual farmer versus grower cricket game recently took place in the Bay of Plenty. Organiser, dairy farmer Stephen Crossan, says a day off farm …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Getting through busy times
Whether it’s on the farm or playing rugby, Farmstrong Ambassador Sam Whitelock has a few key things he does to help him get through busy …
Lessons learnt from gruesome accident
Bay of Plenty dairy farmer Paul Walker counts his lucky stars he only lost one finger and not his whole hand in a grisly accident …
