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Henry and Sofie Gaddum

Hill Country Futures Partnership farmer spotlight: Henry and Sofie Gaddum

14 Sep 2022

Gaining input from farmers was critical to the development of the Hill Country Futures Partnership programme, and Gisborne farmers Henry and Sofie Gaddum were happy to help.

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Innovative farmer wellbeing assessment tool for hill country farmers launched

23 Aug 2022

The wellbeing of hill country farmers is at the heart of a new tool developed by the Hill Country Futures Partnership programme.

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Preparing hill blocks for spring clover production

11 Feb 2019

Hill country sheep farmers should be identifying and strategically grazing their north and west-facing lambing blocks now to maximise production off these areas in spring.

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Optimising land use on Northland hill country

24 Apr 2018

About 100 keen observers attended the B+LNZ Northland Showcase field day at former chairman James Parsons’ hill country farm in the Tangowahine Valley north of Dargaville.

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The key to productive potential

20 Feb 2017

As their tenure as B+LNZ Innovation Farmers comes to an end, the Craws believe their hill country has more productive potential than they ever thought possible.

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Driving profitability

13 Feb 2017

B+LNZ Innovation farmers Hamish and Annabel Craw have been trialling the use of chemicals to increase the quality and quantity of pastures on uncultivable parts of their Banks Peninsula farm. Part three of a four-part series about the project looks at the financial advantages of increasing pasture quality.

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Clover unlocks hill country potential

23 Sep 2016

Changes to grazing management has allowed resident subterranean clover to flourish on Wairoa’s Waiau Station. The challenge now for owners Dave Read and Judy Bogaard is to increase clover coverage and to use this clover to drive stock performance.

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Clover potential key to hill country productivity

9 Aug 2016

Using legumes to realise the productive potential of uncultivable East Coast hill country will be the focus of a B+LNZ Demonstration Farm programme.

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