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Saddled with the horse? Yeehaa!
Monday, 21 January 2013
So, who gave in to the unstoppable stream of pleading cajoling, demanding and when all else failed, blackmail, and bought the offspring a horse for Christmas?
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A (t)horny problem
Monday, 24 September 2012
New Zealand is noticeably lacking in lions and wolves, yet every year tens of thousands of calves are born ready to grow horns to defend themselves against predators. And every year farmers, vets and professional dehorners remove those horns.
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Saanen - queen of the dairy goats
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
The Saanen goat – usually white, more rarely sable; largest and most productive of the dairy goats – dominates the dairy goat herd in the same way as the Friesian dominates the dairy cow herd. Rural Living looks at the hobby and serious side of Saanens in NZ.
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Duck! Safety urged
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Duck shooting season is right on target for another year and while enthusiasts may be aiming to do more than ruffle a few feathers, the Mountain Safety Council is urging shooters not to become sitting ducks themselves!
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Facial eczema - a perennial problem
Friday, 16 March 2012
A sharp increase in facial eczema spore counts in the North Island during last month has been attributed to the warm northerly rain which fell in many districts during that period.
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TB free... at last...
Monday, 20 February 2012
The farming community of the Awhitu peninsula danced for joy at a ‘TB-free ball’ to celebrate the news that an infected herd on the peninsula had been given the all-clear.
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Dreams of gold from black sand
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
In the early morning light the black sands of Karioitahi are dotted with horses working out on the deserted beach before the daily influx of fishers, walkers, surfers and vehicles.
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Elton -
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Every week day at the crack of dawn Elton Knight is down on Karioitahi beach, ready to help out racehorse trainers who bring their charges for a workout.
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Yearling sales set to go
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
It’s that time again – Karaka is set to be buzzing as the 2012 New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sales attract the ‘who’s who’ of thoroughbred racing.
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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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