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Stovetop potpourri is a delightful and easy way to fill your home with inviting scents. It involves simmering a mixture of aromatic ingredients on the stovetop, releasing a pleasant fragrance throughout your living space.

An innovative Canterbury pig farmer and committed industry leader has been recognised for his contribution to New Zealand’s pork sector with an Industry Lifetime Achievement award.

Local farmers share their fun and festive tips on farm, because farming doesn’t stop for Christmas.

As Canterbury irrigators settle in for one of the longest irrigation seasons ever, prospects for electricity prices to fall are not looking promising.

For the next three months we are looking at the final sprays for finishing off our cereal and grass seed crops, getting our silos cleaned up before harvest, continuing our post emergence sprays on fodder beet, pre and post emergence sprays on forage brassicas and weed control in new pasture.

After the last couple of years where winter- early spring has been memorable for heavy periods of rain leading to emergency level problems, it all seems very comfortable.

There’s a convenient, cost-effective way to keep your nitrogen investment in the ground for plant use.

The summer survivor’s guide for ryegrass pastures.

The Hart family have established a successful mixed cropping and lamb finishing operation using biological farming practices, a soil fertiliser business, and an aerial spraying business near Methven nearly 40 years ago. 

Rooted in generations of family, Lawn Hayes is a testament to the innovative and questioning spirit of the generations.