Rabbit rissoles for field day crowds
Rabbit rissoles with garlic and fennel will be the wild food treat used to lure visitors to the Northland Regional Council's marquee at Kaipara's upcoming Northland Field Days.
Farmers are among those being congratulated for Kerikeri’s Waipapa River being named the most improved river in Northland at the New Zealand River Awards 2016.
The awards, organised by the NZ Rivers Trust and Morgan Foundation, were determined this year by the monitored trend improvement in the macroinvertebrate community index (MCI), a valuable indicator of general river health.
The MCI for the Waipapa River showed an annual trend improvement of 4.7% over the past eight years at the monitoring site at Waipapa Landing.
Council chairman Bill Shepherd, who attended the November 3 Wellington awards, says there has been a steady change in land use along the lower reaches of the river, from orchards to lifestyle blocks. “A wide variety of riparian planting has resulted in more shading of the river and a contributed to a healthier water environment.”
Councillor Shepherd says a great deal of effort has been expended in recent years to protect and enhance the region’s fresh water resources by a wide range of people and organisations including landowners and farmers, local communities and industry groups, tangata whenua and local government.
He says with roughly half the work the regional council does being linked to fresh water in some way, it’s pleasing to see improvements in water quality and for these to be acknowledged in a positive way.
Newly elected Federated Farmers meat and wool group chair Richard Dawkins says he will continue the great work done his predecessor Toby Williams.
Hosted by ginger dynamo Te Radar, the Fieldays Innovation Award Winners Event put the spotlight on the agricultural industry's most promising ideas.
According to DairyNZ's latest Econ Tracker update, there has been a rise in the forecast breakeven milk price for the 2025/26 season.
Despite the rain and a liberal coating of mud, engines roared, and the 50th Fieldays Tractor Pull Competition drew crowds of spectators across the four days of the annual event.
Nationwide rural wellbeing programme, Farmstrong recently celebrated its tenth birthday at Fieldays with an event attended by ambassador Sam Whitelock, Farmers Mutual Group (FMG), Farmstrong partners, and government Ministers.
Six industry organisations, including DairyNZ and the Dairy Companies Association (DCANZ) have signed an agreement with the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) to prepare the country for a potential foot and mouth outbreak.
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