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Wairarapa Moana ki Pouākani Incorporation (WMI) was awarded the Ahuwhenua Trophy for Excellence in Māori Dairy Farming on Friday at the Globox Arena in Hamilton, with 850 guests in attendance at the event. Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka announced the winners and congratulated runners-up...

Momentum in the rural property market remains subdued, with farm sales for the calendar year significantly down. PGG Wrightson General Manager of Real Estate, Peter Newbold, put that figure at around 30 per cent. “Some areas are varied, but that’s [representative of] a billion dollars,” Newbold told...

Russell Moloney’s career took a dramatic shift a few years ago, though he reckons it was a logical one, and he hasn’t looked back. From standing in front of a camera with a microphone, to standing in a pen with a mob of hoggets might seem an unusual career shift, though it’s a path that has worked...

Long term relationship to identify appropriate bloodstock guiding bull and ram selections for large King Country sheep and beef enterprise. Farmers increasingly recognise the need for a sound and factually based genetics programme to underpin their stud purchases and maximise revenue. Callum Stewart...

After 50 years in livestock, including 41 with PGG Wrightson, and recognition in 2022 for his contribution to the industry, Ron Schroeder calls it a day. Ron Schroeder loves deer. He farms them, sells them, purchases them, hunts them, dreams them, eats them. “Ron looks like a deer, and even roars...

Turning around a slow start, the pick up in dairy livestock transactions through late summer and autumn shows sector confidence is returning. After a late start the dairy livestock sale season indicates the sector is rebounding. PGG Wrightson Livestock National Dairy Specialist Jamie Cunninghame...

Farmers looking to move stock on sooner than usual has been the major influence on South Island sales of calves and store lambs. Calf and store lamb sales have predominated in the South Island livestock market through late autumn. In both categories widespread dry conditions pushed some to sell...

A big day on the dairy farming calendar is coming up next month, so many Kiwi farmers will be in full swing getting readt, PGG Wrightson’s National Dairy Specialist Jamie Cunningham says. Moving Day, which takes place on June 1, marks the start of the dairy season. It’s when dairy farming families...

PGG Wrightson (PGW) is partnering with A Lighter Touch to support growers in moving to more sustainable crop protection programmes. A Lighter Touch is a $27 million industry and government partnership which is co-funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries, 15 product group partners and three crop...

The wool market has shown some stability this year, with certain types of wool reaching near three-year highs, but there's still plenty of room for improvement. Understanding the challenges the industry faced due to the limited wool scouring capacity after Cyclone Gabrielle's damage 15 months ago is...

Taihape’s new ambulance station has been many years in the making, 16 in fact, and thanks to a huge community effort, it was officially ‘open for business’ in February - finally moving on from the 1920s rented bungalow it had been operating out of up until that point. Much of the project was funded...

Adapting to climate change and the global shift towards decarbonisation is a challenge for many sectors. However, as this occurs New Zealand wool growers may have a particular opportunity, outlined at the recent IWTO global conference in Adelaide. Carbon offsetting is when an organisation seeks to...

In mid-April the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO) held its 93rd annual congress in Adelaide. More than 350 delegates from 22 countries attended, representing nearly every part of the wool value chain, including growers, brokers, exporters, marketers, scours, top makers, spinners...

Steve Fussell loves wool. “I love the industry, I love the people in it, and I love the job.” For the new PGG Wrightson North Island Wool Sales Manager, that makes for plenty of good reasons to get out of bed in the morning. Steve started his career at 17 sweeping the floor at Williams and Kettle in...

Article supplied by Campaign for Wool . Photo Credit: Ross Coffey. A Hunt for the Woolderpeople has turned up trumps! New Zealand actor Sir Sam Neill has joined the Campaign for Wool NZ (CFWNZ) as an Ambassador, lending his name and considerable profile to educate and advocate for the super fibre...

In the latest radio interview between Rowena Duncum from The Country and Jason Everson, representing PGG Wrightson Wool, a range of topics surrounding the wool industry were discussed, shedding light on recent developments and future prospects. The conversation began on a sombre note with the...

The ‘winterless north’ of New Zealand has long been a favoured destination for those seeking an unsurpassed lifestyle. Now there’s the opportunity for an astute buyer (or even multiple buyers) to own a significant coastal property that presents numerous options for development. What makes this...

The rural property market has reached “the bottom,” but “won’t need a lot of change for things to move forward.” That was the message from the general manager of PGG Wrightson Real Estate, Peter Newbold yesterday, in his monthly interview with The Country’s Jamie Mackay. The volume of recent sales...