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Woolly jumpers - blast from past
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Arapawa sheep are an interesting reminder of our wild – and woolly – past; of a time when overseas travel was more than just a matter of hopping aboard a plane to wherever you fancy.
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Care of sheep - shear hard work
Thursday, 15 December 2011
After years in the doldrums, suddenly sheep are flavour du jour again. Although not currently a large proportion of a sheep’s worth, wool does keep growing, and removing it is a necessary evil, as Rebecca Glover found out.
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Christmas hams start life in the piggy pen
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Many lifestyle farmers like to have a pig or two to produce pork or bacon for their own plate, and at this time of year Miss Piggy is likely to wind up on the festive table as Christmas ham.
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Pigs save Peter's bacon
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Long gone are the days when every dairy farmer kept pigs to turn any milk unsuitable for the vat into profitable pork or bacon.
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Adorable Angoras have cute factor
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Pets or pests? The mere mention of rabbits makes farmers fume. But not all bunnies are destructive pasture predators, as Rebecca Glover found out.
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White rabbits convert good, keen hunter
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
“We’re mad as hatters,” says John Watson, of his and wife Kerstin’s obsession with white rabbits.
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SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
If you want to keep animals but live in the suburbs, rabbits may well fit the bill – although you may not wish to go as far as Karen Yorke, who shares her Papakura section with “about 50.”
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Arabians plan spectacular return
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
The hoopla of the Rugby World Cup is almost over but locals have another sporting highlight to look forward to – one in which they can be active participants.
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Letter to the editor
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Some information in the article by Jon Rawlinson, “Free range eggs ‘good as gold’”, in the September 2011 issue of Urban Living was misleading, and in response, we ask that you share the below information with your readers.
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Chicken still tops
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
New Zealanders have given chicken the thumbs for dinner above other meats.
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FRIENDS FUR-EVER
Friday, 30 September 2011
Peter and Jan Wallace cope with a full house at their Karaka property Mistybrook. Apart from themselves, there’s Jethro, Ziva, Quincy, Grace and Briea, their ages ranging from 11 months to seven years.
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Free range eggs 'good as gold'
Friday, 30 September 2011
Good eggs are as ‘good as gold’ in the New Zealand market where more and more consumers are demanding eggs from cage-free poultry as evidenced at the inaugural Good Egg Awards in Auckland last month.
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Who's a good egg?
Friday, 30 September 2011
The cagey question of who are the good eggs of the New Zealand food industry has been cracked – and there are 38 of them. Of those 38, six were recognised at the Good Egg Awards as outstanding in the sectors in which they operate.
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Cattle auction
Friday, 30 September 2011
Scottish Highland Cattle have become increasingly popular over the years, especially for smaller landholders.
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WHOLLY COW
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
It's midwinter: cold and wet, with mud everywhere. Days are short and nights are long, not to mention dark and stormy - the favourite time for cows to decide to calve.
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