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Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy with AgFirst consultants

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy with AgFirst consultants Phil Journeaux, Erica van Reenen and Davieth Verheij. PHOTO/ LAUREL STOWELL, via @nzherald


Plans for a $700,000 sensory playground

Article by Sam Kilmister for Stuff. Photo by Warwick Smith/Stuff. A new community group has bold ambitions for a Rangitīkei town.  The Marton Development Group, led by a group of parents, was launched in August, with the sole intention of building “positive focal points” for children. The group has unveiled its intention on Facebook to build a $700,000 playground in…


Federated Farmers: Adding value to beef a complex task

Article from the NZ Herald. When a politician tells farmers we should ‘add more value’ to the produce we sell, I get slightly frustrated. It is easy to say “we need to sell our wares to the wealthy” but the reality is significantly more complex. When a politician tells farmers we should ‘add more value’…


Sharing open and honest farming

Article by Bryan Gibson for FarmersWeekly. Rangitikei sheep and beef farmer William Morrison has connected his hill-country farm to the world through social media with images of the breathtaking property a hit on Twitter. By looking to the future he’s building on his family’s 150 years on the land, as Bryan Gibson found. Atop one of the…


Richard Morrison knows he has big boots to fill as new Manawatu/Rangitikei Feds president

Article by Jill Galloway for NZFarmer Richard Morrison is taking over from retiring president James Stewart to lead the Manawatu/Rangitikei province for Federated Farmers . Stewart was on the doorstep of Palmerston North and his successor, a sheep and beef farmer just north of Marton, will use his executive team more often to bridge the 45 minute journey to the…