For the first time in A&P Show history, the Southland A&P Show will be running a partner carry competition at its show on March 2. The innovation of Trade marshal David Sinclair and his wife Vic, the first Partner Carry Race is one ofa kind in New Zealand. Overseas the event has proved popular with
Starting today, Fonterra is signing up farms to supply milk for The a2 Milk Company in the 2019/2020 season. Mike Cronin, Fonterra Managing Director of Co-operative Affairs, says “Signing up New Zealand farms to significantly increase supply of high quality milk to The a2 Milk Company is a positive
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has increased its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to $6.30-$6.60 per kgMS, up from $6.00-$6.30, and revised its forecast earnings down to 15-25 cents per share. Chairman John Monaghan says the improved milk price forecast reflects the increases in globa
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has increased its 2018/19 forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to $6.30-$6.60 per kgMS, up from $6.00-$6.30, and revised its forecast earnings down to 15-25 cents per share. Chairman John Monaghan says the improved milk price forecast reflects the increases in globa
For the first time in A&P Show history, the Southland A&P Show will be running a partner carry competition at its show on March 2. The innovation of Trade marshal David Sinclair and his wife Vic, the first Partner Carry Race is one ofa kind in New Zealand. Overseas the event has proved popular with
Starting today, Fonterra is signing up farms to supply milk for The a2 Milk Company in the 2019/2020 season. Mike Cronin, Fonterra Managing Director of Co-operative Affairs, says “Signing up New Zealand farms to significantly increase supply of high quality milk to The a2 Milk Company is a positive
A talented duo from Milton has taken top honours at the first FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year regional final. Zoe McElrea, 13, and Nicole Keen, 15, won the hotly-contested event at the Tokomairiro A&P Showgrounds yesterday. More than 50 TeenAg members from across the Otago/Southland region worke
Wyndham farmer Matt McRae named Otago/Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year A Wyndham sheep and beef farmer has been named the Otago/Southland FMG Young Farmer of the Year. Matt McRae, 30, took out the title after winning the fiercely-contested Otago/Southland regional final in Milton last night. T
It’s been 40 years since Southland log truck driver Pam Bennett began her long association with Nightcaps Young Farmers. She joined the club when she was 15. “I signed up when I was working at Wether Hill Station out the back of Ohai,” said the 55-year-old who lives at Manapouri. “We used to hold ou
Two long-serving members of the board overseeing the FMG Young Farmer of the Year are set to retire. Cole Groves, 32, and Dean Rabbidge, 33, will step down from the NZ Young Farmers Contest Board in July. The pair first joined the committee in 2014, and both have a long history with the national agr
Clutha-Southland MP Hamish Walker says he is thrilled Telford will continue in 2019 for 12 months, securing a future for staff and students. “Working with the Southern Institute of Technology and other stakeholders to develop a solution, I’m glad the gates of this fine institute will remain open,” M
