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On this month’s Farmers Voice Wiggy head’s up to Taumarunui to catch up with 6-time underarm wood chopping world champ Jack Jordan, and has a chat about his passion for farming, rugby and wood chopping.

We’ve outlined what happens behind the scenes once submissions close. If you've submitted photos to our Landmarks Photo Collection, you may be wondering what happens next. Photo submissions Participants can submit photos from 2 September 2019 right through until 30 June 2020. The long submission...

Callum Stewart joins Anna Thomas on the dailty report to discuss bull sales, bidr and the livestock market. Two Year Bull Sales The two year bull sales saw it's best season in five years with farmers showing real confidence in the products they're purchasing. Breeders are producing a good product...

The Wymer name is well respected in the Franklin district thanks to the family’s strong market gardening connections and their extensive support of local events such as the Vintage Harvest Festival run in conjunction with the Glenbrook Vintage Railway, which is just over the road from the family...

This week The Country's Jamie Mackay is joined by PGG Wrightson GM for Wool Grant Edwards to talk about the current wool market, including some spectacular sales and the influence of the USA, China trade war.

Trade in dairy livestock has been light during the winter, with few quality animals available. PGG Wrightson National Dairy Livestock Manager Jamie Cunninghame says, with demand exceeding supply, prices have been buoyant. “Anything available is selling well, and in the spring, anyone who offers...

Jack Fagan is the two-time world champion speed-shearer and current world title holder. After taking over from his father Sir David Fagan, he rose through the ranks winning his first title in Invercargill two years ago and second in France this year. Wiggy catches up with Fagan over a cup of tea and...

VETMED is a New Zealand brand of animal health products manufactured locally, formulating both novel and generic solutions to overcome local parasite challenges. Everything made, including control release capsules, pour-ons, oral drenches, liquid concentrates and applicators, are developed...

As the days get longer and the soil starts to warm, it is time to dig out your garden gloves and get busy in the garden. Whether yours is a dedicated vege garden or a spot with a few crops in pots and containers, the time is right to prepare your soil, sow seeds, plant seedlings and begin this year...

Getting your pastures to perform is a proven path to profitability because pasture is usually your cheapest form of feed. How you manage the critical establishment and grazing of your new pasture influences how it regrows and even its long-term persistence. As the ryegrass and clover emerge from the...

Barley is a versatile crop in temperate New Zealand, able to be grown to graze, conserve for silage, or combine harvest for grain to be processed into animal feed, malting or even seed multiplication. Whatever the end use, there is one main driver that is common for any broad acre crop, yield. Yield...

Lambs are the class of stock most at risk from flystrike. In areas where blowflies routinely cause problems, preventative treatments are commonly applied to lambs early in the spring and usually at docking. Research has shown that even relatively small strikes cause a marked loss in appetite in the...

Mark Leishman caught up with Peter Moore, GM of PGG Wrightson Livestock on Country TV’s Roundup on Friday, 23 August. In this interview Peter talks about what’s happening at the moment with feeder calves and bobby calves along with a quick snapshot on what’s happening in terms of prices and demand...

Sheep & Beef Shane Gerken - South Island Livestock Manager Buyers are being very selective with the quality of cattle they purchase, which is typical at this time of the year. Better quality types of both traditional/beef and dairy-beef are available and these are seeing strong competition at both...

It’s that time of the year! Pipfruit growers need to start thinking about pheromone trapping and registering your blocks with Apple and Pear NZ, for Codling Moth sensitive markets during August. Pipfruit growers should firstly identify any production sites which may have fallen into the high-risk...

Mark Leishman caught up with Peter Moore, GM of PGW Livestock on Country TV’s Roundup on Friday, 9th August. Listen to the full interview and find out about the current market conditions, the changes in the landscape for bobby calves, and what’s happening with stock being sold on bidr. Market update...

This month Wiggy heads to Taupo and catches up with James and Elissa Cooper who run a finishing farm and have diversified with Lakeman Brewery. Due to catchment regulations they have turned a negative into a positive and use this water to make their beer.