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When Ina Nukutai first came to New Zealand in 1980 he was a schoolboy aiming to finish his education at Napier Boys High. Born and raised in Rarotonga, Ina soon found that his ability on the rugby field, where he played at number eight, was a good way to make friends and fit in. “I was selected for...

GM for Rural Real Estate Peter Newbold joins The Country's Jamie Mackay as he journeys out of the home office for the first time since the lockdown. Mackay comments on some positivity in the primary sector, and mentions a previous conversation with Todd Muller that highlights the movement of people...

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's GM for Livestock Peter Moore, to chat about livestock in regards to New Zealand's move to alert level 2. Some sales yards did open yesterday, with smaller volumes of people through than expected. Next week will be more indicative of how much...

PGG Wrightson Livestock General Manager Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman on Country TV for the livestock RoundUp to discuss the move into Level 2 with the Saleyards reopening and bidr, the on-line selling platform for livestock transactions.

Bull Sales Callum Stewart - Livestock Genetics Specialist Our Bull selling season is about to kick off from the 13 th May at 1pm. With the very first of our Auctions being held online @ bidr.co.nz, check out the auction here. The very first sale up is our PGG Wrightson Online Angus bull sale, with...

Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman on CountryTV for this months livestock roundup.

Weigh scales and cloud technology have combined to offer a proactive solution to measure and monitor stock on an individual basis, enabling timely decision-making on-farm. “The combined use of Tru-Test hardware coupled with Datamars Livestock cloud software delivers strong benefits for farmers,”...

Calf rearer, Aidan Cowley prefers to rear calves on whole milk. He stores around 40,000 L of colostrum milk, and rears half his calves on it only. But the milk doesn’t last forever, so Aidan must use Calf Milk Replacer (CMR). Following the advice from PGG Wrightson Customer Service Representative...

Farmers increasingly appreciate the practical and high-value alternative in the form of energy-dense pellets. Quality pellets are easy to use, low waste and highly digestible. A pellet’s quality is determined by its consistency of composition. Each mouthful contains the same nutritional mix with the...

Sulphur (S) is present in all plants and is involved in photosynthesis, overall energy metabolism and carbohydrate production. It is part of an enzyme required for Nitrogen (N) uptake, so a lack of S can hamper N’s influence on plant growth. Together with N, S enables the formations of amino acids...

Perennial weeds grow from one year to the next, usually from a large root system or root chip. New generations usually flower and seed in late summer and the parent plant normally shuts down over winter, lives off the energy reserves in its roots, then wakes up in the spring to continue growing...

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's General Manager for Rural Real Estate Peter Newbold to take a look at the rural property market this month. Although the lockdown had put restrictions around trading, a few properties had been sold in the past month, said Newbold. The majority...

This week The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's GM for wool Grant Edwards to talk about the wool industry as New Zealand prepares to enter alert level 3. The wool industry had been fortunate enough to be able to ship and export high density wool bales at port under alert level 4...

Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman on Country TV for the April Livestock Roundup.

Watch the latest farmers voice episode where Wiggy catches up with long time PGG Wrightson clients the Blackwells. Since the 1960’s the Blackwells have farmed on Mangaotea Station, taking pride in the high-quality cattle they produce. These days Rob, Jaqueline and Zarrah farm three separate cattle...

The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson's GM for Livestock, Peter Moore, to chat about livestock around the country in light of the lockdown. Allocation of processing space to farmers is verging on crisis as it is a massive challenge to get stock prepared for consumption. Moore said...

Peter Moore joins Mark Leishman on Country TV for the April Livestock Roundup.

In autumn, lice populations on cattle increase. This is due to temperature and humidity levels becoming more favourable for lice survival on the animals. Lice populations rise to reach their peak in winter and early spring. In New Zealand, there are two types of lice, a sucking species which pierces...