Today marks a very special day for us. New Zealand is not really short of water, it is short of water capture and storage, says HortNZ Chief Executive, Mike Chapman. I'm still doing it.#IRWD2020 @afsnsw @FionaLakeAus @cottonfarmgirl @stationmum101 pic.twitter.com/K636AYpfWX, The Agvocate Lisette Mill (@agvocate_au) October 14, 2020, "I think mentorship plays a big a big role, and also positive storytelling, women seeing other women taking on those leadership roles and achieving things for the industry." #farmingwithpictures Positive day on the farm today. Leave a Comment | business, environment, Farming, food, forestry, rural | Tagged: Affco, Allan Oldfield, Colin Williscroft, Craig Rowley, Daniel Birchfield, David Connolly, Fonterra, Gary Kircher, Jim Salinger, Keith Woodford, Mycoplasma bovis, One Billion Trees, Rowena Duncum, Shane Jones, Susan Kilsby, Tom Young, Tony Dobbs, Waimate/Waitaki Mycoplasma Bovis Advisory Group | Permalink . They have been farming five years, including a year in Wales. The Country Producer, Rowena Duncum explains it all here. Five Rivers, Northern Southland.Yip, that is snow! How to avoid harm on the farm Rowena Duncum: Growing up beside a farm, Id spend hours hanging over the back fence talking to the animals or across the road in the other direction, feeding grass and carrots to the rescued horses in the SPCA paddock. 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A farmers tale: 25 years of highs and lows Rowena Duncan: Rowena Duncum gives voice to the high and lows, hard work, love and dedication of all farmers through the story of one farmer, Bruce Eade, as he celebrates 25 years on his farm. Ruapehu rural reading scheme spells out a winning idea Katie Doyle: A pair of librarians from the central North Island town of Taumarunui are bringing a love of reading to rural school children. . Now if they have nothing to hide, why arent we seeing cameras on some of these big boats?. We are so grateful that Rowena has taken some time out of her busy schedule to join us on the podcast. It makes it real. Congratulations to Lacey Agate from Bellbird Spring: After a tough day in the vineyards Lacey Agate from Bellbird Spring became the Corteva North Young Viticulturist of the Year 2020 on 31st July following the competition held at Greystone in Waipara. New life-members for North Otago A&P Sally Brooker: The North Otago A&P Association has two new life members. Hey government lets K.I.S.S. Outside of work, Rowena is the sideline commentator for Dunedin-based Super Rugby and NPC games, Assistant Manager for the Otago Spirit in the Farah Palmer Cup, and the 2019 World Boot-Throwing Champion (I promise you this is a thing!). IMDb is the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. He won $4400 in prizes. 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In a former life, Rowena was a dairy farmer, and won the 2013 Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year,She has since hung up the milking apron and swapped her red bands for radio in 2016- becoming Executive Producer of The Country. Congratulations also goes to Will Bowman from Black Estate who was Runner Up. . She spent days in the hay shed, with us carting feed and water to her, lifting her and such like, but to no avail. Out of 6 world titles, theyre coming home with three of them! . . Time to stop shaming farmers Rowena Duncan: The recent Will to Live Tour gets The Country Early Edition host Rowena Duncum thinking about rural mental health. I've long maintained I could never survive as a vegetarian for this very reason. The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved an application to import a new fungicide, Vimoy Iblon, into New Zealand, for use on cereal crops. Amy Munro, Vet and Advocate #IRWD2020 @ABCRural @millbernasconihttps://t.co/fUFfhtbuP7 pic.twitter.com/ff5GOLERNk, Josh Becker (@joshvbecker) October 14, 2020, Today we celebrate the International Day of Rural Women.So many amazing people out there doing amazing things. Regtien, aged 25, won a DairyNZ undergraduate scholarship that helped him get his Bachelor of Agricultural Science. The Country 19/08/22: Steven Leov talks to Rowena Duncum. Photo / SuppliedSponsored contentOpinion: The Country's executive producer Rowena Duncum had a yarn to a few exhibitors and got a sneak peek at their innovative ideas and products before the gates officially opened at Fieldays today. . Buxton Trout & Salmon, which lays claim to being Australias first commercial trout farm, sits astride the Acheron River near Marysville. Its a rite of passage growing up in Aotearoa. . . Cow numbers increased slightly over the years to our current 540-550 herd. Wairarapa farmers Lynley and Matt Wyeth are spearheading the'invite a townie to dinner on National Lamb Day'initiative. New Zealand Wood Industry Zero Carbon And We Can Prove It: If New Zealands ambition is to be a zero carbon economy by 2050 then it must nurture its wood industry. Everyone I've spoken to once again today is positive, as they were yesterday but there's a lot more people here today. 'Don't worry I'll fail,' I reassured farmers.That third reason's probably closest to the truth. All Rights Reserved. "The industry's pretty divided over it. Ben Richards becomes Bayer Marlborough Young Viticulturist of Year 2019: Ben Richards from Indevinbecame the Bayer MarlboroughYoung Viticulturist of the Year 2019 on 4 July following the competition held at Constellations Drylands Vineyard. A day or so later, I came across West Otago farmer Bruce Eade sharing the steps he and his family took in celebrating a milestone on farm. . Is National's proposed water reform enough? LISTEN ABOVE New Zealand's Dairy Industry Leaders have been attending the International Dairy Foundation's World Dairy Summit in India last week. Plenty of bad days, but we stuck at it. We expect to find more infected herds as we actively look for those final pockets of infection, so we all need to remain vigilant. It has undoubtedly been the right move for us, as the future of farming constantly changes. One of our strengths is being able to control the cost of production, so we can achieve a system that is profitable and sustainable at all payouts, she says. . A while ago I wrote an article about farming partnerships as part of our 'People that farm' series. He grew up in Decatur and was a graduate of Decatur High School, and then Abilene Christian University in 2014. Barbara and Ron Duncum are excited grandparents Thanks to the staff at amneriang r-iospnai EDGAR (nee Yeates) Sophie and Jamie are delighted to announce the arrival of Beniamin John Wilham. But most of all, theyre speaking directly to urban New Zealand, with no media spin on things. The pair met up the following year at Fieldays where Mike returned to judge the Rural Bachelor competition and a (now single), Ryley was working for Mystery Creek coordinating events. He was catching only enough blue cod to fill a small order and the at-times turbulent Foveaux Strait was flat, he added reassuringly. Having housed 200 cows in winters since 2005, going the whole hog was a big call and an equally big investment. And that's the best voice there is. I'm not gonna lie, the odds for me going the distance are not flash - this may be a safe 'TAB Sports Bet of the Week' for my junior offsider Lashes on Friday.P.S. Copyright (c) 2023 MIA. That's something I could really get behind. Why is it taking so long to install fishing cameras? Create and manage subscriptions through an online account.
The crops of kale were poor, and we unintentionally wrecked many hectares of grass along the way. . Rowena, health, wellbeing, agriculture industry, journalism, good stories, twitter, different points of view, media, social media, Copyright Beef + Lamb New Zealand 2023 |, Break Feed: Farmer to commentator, with Rowena Duncum. Its not everyone who can relax after a hard days work, throw out a line and hook a snapper for dinner from their own backyard. #NTDiversifercation @NTCattlemen @MattBrannRURAL @senbmckenzie @troysetter @BoutaNT1976 @richardrains1 @GeorgieSomerset @gary_mla @JohnKeily1 @agintegrity @AdamCoffeyNT pic.twitter.com/QUMg9cH8Lp, David Connolly (@sokitomi) June 27, 2019. New fungicide approved for use on cereal crops . Last night in Rotorua, WPMA highlighted that both major international certification programmes for forestry: Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification and Forest Stewardship Council guarantee that wood products from New Zealand come from sustainably-managed forests. Follow her on Twitter, her handle is: @rowie_nz, Freephone within NZ:0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352), Bringing together NZ's sheep & beef genetics research & innovation, Find tasty recipes, domestic promotion information & campaigns, Proven facts about NZ's farming methods & how our red meat stacks up. Levin and Dannevirke operate on natural gas, Nelson utilises diesel, while Smithfield in Timaru, Pukeuri in Oamaru and Mataura and Lorneville in Southland use coal. . "LISTEN ABOVE AS ROWENA DUNCUM SPEAKS WITH ANDREW DICKENSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Nine years after that fateful meeting the Shorts now have a young family and a 105ha, 200-cow dairy farm west of Feilding. Dr Hay told Saturday Morning that the disease was very hard to diagnose, and in many other countries it was only detected after it had already been spreading for several decades . M. bovis eradication going to plan but still work to do: Significant progress has been made in driving down the numbers of farms affected byMycoplasma bovis (M. bovis). Simply outstanding performances all round! Global meat production from 1961 to 2018 from UN FAO: https://t.co/E1ZHAWHxhc, % growth over that time:Beef +143%Chicken +1412%Goat +442%Pork +388%Mutton/lamb +99%Turkey +557%, The human population has grown 142% over the same time pic.twitter.com/CUR7NrRVV0, Sara Place (@drsplace) December 21, 2020. . We catch up with a Rai Valley dairy farmer who is busy figuring out how to milk his cows after floodwaters inundated his paddocks and dairy shed. We then found the piece of dirt we now call home. Rowena shares tips a woman with a passion for a similar career or similar might benefit from, and talks about how farming can use social media better. Follow her on Twitter, her handle is: @rowie_nz, Rowena Duncum on the World Shearing and Woolhandling Champs. First World Champs Final Blade Teams. Rowena shares tips for women with a passion for a similar career or similar might benefit from, and talks about how farming can use social media better. We had a farm signed up just out of Riversdale in Southland originally, but at the eleventh hour it fell through. . From baking to business models nominations for the NZ Food Heroes Awardare flooding in. . The contract has been the subject of much discussion at sale yards but Young said it is not an offer being made to every farmer. The lanes were done with "grave" dug from the farm in February before we took possession in June. . The threat to biodiversity is not new, not necessarily accelerating, mostly not caused by economic growth or prosperity, nor by climate change, and wont be reversed by retreating into organic self-sufficiency. . Shes also Chair of Women in Sport Otago, on the Board of the NZ Boot Throwing Association (again, this is a thing!) Rowena was a dairy farmer and won the Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year. "This year they've (Fish and Game)pushed the message that hunters just need to be extra sensitiveto the public's reaction. . A few hours later though, I got a swift reality check in the form of a passionate and switched-on 21-year-old imploring more than 200 people in Balclutha to remember how good we are at what we do and to be bloody proud to be a farmer. Posted by homepaddock, Todays International Rural Women's Day. Rowena Duncum: They've had to offer truck drivers double the pay On Air Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Newstalk ZB , Tue, 26 Apr 2022, 7:19PM Follow the podcast on (Photo / NZ Herald) How is. Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says theyll face the same 14-day quarantine rules as New Zealand citizens at the border, to prevent one of them inadvertently bringing in COVID-19. Post calving snack! It was an incredible experience and made us appreciate just how innovative New Zealand farming is!. In May 2019 we bought 120ha adjacent to the home farm. It had budgeted capital expenditure of $60 million-$70 million for the transition, it told a select committee hearing on the Zero Carbon Bill in Dunedin yesterday. I don't think Pita Pit with falafel every meal's gonna cut it.Above all else, the biggest fear I have is the embarrassment of failing by simply forgetting. About the same time, Matthew Haugh, a dairy farmer near Heriot, offered her a job, so she jumped at the opportunity and moved back to New Zealand permanently. The Sky knows no path#autumnalvibes #Weather #StormHour #wilderness #machair #Scotland #OuterHebrides #thursdayvibes #cornfield #sunrise pic.twitter.com/QSXz8nAHjF, DaliMach StormPod (@frenchscotjeff) August 22, 2019. The following weekend, I'm back home again. Second place in the Taranaki sharemilker/equity farmer contest went to Hawera 50% sharemilkers Bryce and Amanda Savage, who won $9000, and Meremere 50% sharemilkers Ben and Belinda Price were third, winning $4800 in prizes. A former dairy farmer and 2013 Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year, she hung up the milking apron and swapped her red bands for radio in 2016 to become Executive Producer of The Country - Newstalk ZB's long-standing rural radio show, hosted by Jamie Mackay. Call home long maintained I could never survive as a vegetarian for this reason. 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