“We use the foliar spray twice a year and have been using the product for three years.” Tony and Afsaneh Howey from ViBERi – New Zealand Organic Blackcurrant Berries are passionate about the small fruit with extremely high levels of Vitamin C. Sixteen years ago they bought a 72 hectare blackcurrant orchard two hours south […]
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“Paddock 30 has never seen so much grass in it, it looks so good” The aptly named Dreamview Farm overlooks Whaingaroa Harbour and the Tasman Sea on the hills above Raglan, a 300 acre property that has been farmed by David and Bronwyn Hill and family for 20 years. Daughter Jess came onboard with an
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Bigger fruit, better pack out! Scott Byles and Corrine Carroll have lived on their beautiful, productive orchard in the Western Bay of Plenty with their children and pets since 2012. The management of the orchard has been through several iterations and they are now happy with their management regime and the results it provides. They
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Improving & building resilient pasture for better results, profits and healthier animals. With weather conditions having been hotter and dryer for some time now, pasture growth has now taken a hit, and that extra supplement may well be a silver lining. It’s in these conditions that the AgriSea Soil and Pasture program will really make
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The application of AgriSea helps Vilagrad Vineyard grow healthier vines and riper fruit. As a 5th generation winemaker at the prestigious vineyard Vilagrad in the Waikato, Jacob Nooyan has seen the vineyard go from strength to strength. However, eight years ago the vineyards vines were struggling. They stuck to the traditional path and did the
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Now that ex tropical cyclone Lola has thrashed her way across the country we should be heading into one of the loveliest months in the garden. Soils are still moist, temperatures are getting warmer, the days longer and, as a result, plant growth is taking off. This is the month that I do the majority
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What are the benefits of introducing plant diversity to the whole of your farm or lifestyle block? And how do the stock on your farm contribute positively to this ecosystem? Gavin Fisher was one of the first farmers to supply Fonterra with organic milk and has hosted thousands of people over the years on his
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Stanfred Farm is on Puhunga Island Rd, a farm that was known as “Davey Bros Farm” for 100 years. It is farmed by Warrick Davey after the death of Warrick’s brother Selwyn in 2020. Now it is co-owned by family members Carol Davey and Warrick Davey. In living memory, the soil has suffered unimaginable
A \’lazy way of farming\’ is how Mohi Beckham describes the changes he and his team have made on Scylla Farm. But farming is never lazy. And Mohi just needed to make changes for his mental health. A big part of our dedicated research is how farmers\’ own mental wellbeing relates to healthy soils.
