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Building resilience in a changing environment
Emma Crutchley's family have been farming on Puketoi Station in the Māniatoto since 1939. They've had to adapt to many issues outside of their control over this time. Keeping a positive mindset is helping them get their heads around the latest challenge - greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
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Diversifying for Better Performance and Fewer Emissions
Over 60 years of farming, Nick Tripe has established a 1,325 hectare (936ha effective pasture and 245ha productive mānuka) hill country property located between Whanganui and Hunterville. The property is rich in history, with the family farming the original block in 1928, and has grown over time to the enterprise it is today.
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A flexible farm is a more resilient farm
Kereru Station is a sheep and beef property located in the Kereru district, west of Hastings in the Hawke’s Bay. It has a total of 2,848 hectares of flat to medium hill country, with 730 hectares made up of gorges and plantation forestry.
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Soil health and innovation focus help reduce emissions
A passion for innovation has been a common thread through four generations of farmers on the Abbiss' property near Halcombe. Now they're turning their attention to how they might reduce their impact on the climate.
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Reducing emissions without sacrificing profitability
When New Yorkers Anders & Emily Crofoot took over Castlepoint Station on the eastern Wairarapa coast in 1998, they had to make some big adjustments, quickly.
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Efficient farming for future sustainability
An emphasis on efficiency improvements and soil health are helping keep greenhouse gas emissions down on Hugh Ritchie's complex arable, livestock and horticulture operation in Hawke's Bay.
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Mangarara Farm - Greg and Rachel Hart, Elsthorpe
Mangarara Farm is a 600-hectare (465 ha effective) hill country property situated in Elsthorpe, in central Hawke’s Bay. The property is jointly owned by the Hart family and the Future Farming Syndicate.
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Tuatahi Farming Partnership, Pukeatua
Tuatahi Farming Partnership (Tuatahi) was established in 2010, an entity jointly owned by Oraukura 3 Incorporation and Puketapu 3A Incorporation. The partnership unites the farming businesses of both incorporations, a decision that was made to leverage the opportunities across the two entities. Tuatahi leases land for livestock farming from the two land owning partners and external landowning entities. The farm is now made up of two business units - the combined Moerangi and Oraukura properties which are off State Highway 41 above Lake Taupō, and Manunui, which is located near Taumarunui.
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Bagshot Farm, Wairarapa
Bagshot is a sheep and beef hill country property nestled in Whangaehu Valley, 15 minutes from Masterton in the Wairarapa. It has been under the ownership and operation of Michael and Kate Tosswill since February 2018.
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Tony and Lynda Gray, Manawatu
Shortly after purchasing their Manawatū hill country property, severe weather wreaked havoc with soil erosion, land slips and fencing damage. Lynda and Tony Gray were dejected but keen to move forward - the weather event helped change their views on farm planning, environmental protection and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
