Local Rural

A burning issue

Over 900 submissions were received by Waipā District Council on the Waste-to-Energy incinerator consent application in Te Awamutu. That’s a record number. A large majority were in opposition. So why the concern? The proposal, yet…

Our future – my views

Andrew Myers has succeeded retiring Waipā ward member Mike Montgomerie on the Fonterra Cooperative Council and shares his thoughts today. For those of you that don’t know me, I live in Roto-o-Rangi between Cambridge and…

A sharp reminder

Waikato Regional Council is sounding alarm bells about grass so invasive it could put half a million hectares of sheep and beef farming at risk. Chilean Needle grass is considered a big enough threat in…

Dairy NZ chair re-elected

Ōhaupō’s Jim van der Poel was re-elected at DairyNZ’s annual meeting in Te Awamutu last week Chairman Van der Poel reported on a challenging and busy year where farmers tackled inflation and regulation issues. “There…

Historic home under the hammer

A Cambridge property steeped in history, with a capital value of $17.8 million, could change hands for the first time in more than a century. Dingley Dell, a 165ha Maungatautari dairy farm will be auctioned…

Time to start planning

Plan Change One (PC1), Waikato Regional Council’s proposed regulatory framework to better manage freshwater in the Waikato and Waipa river catchments has finally reached the Environment Court hearing stage. This is the final part of…

Proving the value of science

Award-winning scientist and founder of Hill Laboratories, Dr Roger Hill, may have taken on a test too far when trying to convince Cambridge University of the Third Age (U3A) members that analytical chemistry was riveting…

Waipā, King Country face hits

The impact of Fonterra’s milk price forecast on the greater Waikato, which contributes about 23 per cent of the county’s milk supply, will be significant, a Waipā accountant says. Jarrod Godfrey, Associate Partner at Findex…

Riding into the future

Groundbreaking equine reproduction – or horse breeding – research at Equibreed NZ is helping keep work undertaken by Kiwi industry specialists “right up there” on the world stage. And, director Dr Lee Morris says nearly…

Calving in the big wet

“I’ve been farming for nearly 30 years and can’t remember a season that’s been so wet for so long, particularly over summer.” Amongst at times “astronomical rainfall and the tough challenges” that’s brought with it,…

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