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Farmers across New Zealand are finding practical ways to improve efficiency, build resilience and manage agricultural emissions. Explore their stories, see the results they've achieved and discover ideas that could work on your farm.
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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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People, planet and profit
George and Sharon Moss have been dairy farming in Tokoroa for nearly 40 years. Their impact on the climate wasn't a consideration back then, but it's at the forefront of how they farm now.
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The long game: Farming for future generations
Pouarua Farms takes a long-term outlook when it comes to managing the land. For the five iwi who own the Hauraki Plains’ largest dairy platform, that means making decisions that will sustain the land and create an intergenerational asset.
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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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Four small changes across the system. Big gains over time.
Kaiwaiwai Dairies comprises a 337-hectare milking platform, plus a 305-hectare dairy support block located in South Wairarapa, between Featherston and Martinborough.
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Growing more with less environmental impact
At Woodhaven Gardens near Levin, Jay Clarke and his family have been figuring out how to reduce their vegetable farm's impact on the climate.
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Farming with whakapapa and the future in mind
Farming has long been a way of life for Orete – a Māori Incorporation with 1,500 owners on the tip of the remote East Cape. Te Taiao is at the heart of all they do, including finding ways to keep their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions down.
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Small efficiency gains that added up to big changes
In 2019, Canterbury dairy farmer Dion Gordon experienced something of a nightmare. The Rangitata River burst its banks, flowed onto his farm and took a huge swathe of topsoil out to sea. Dion had no choice but to drop stock numbers - but what happened next was a surprise.
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Pete Morgan & Ann Bouma, Te Awamutu
Pete Morgan and Ann Bouma’s dairy farm is located southwest of Te Awamutu in the Waikato. They bought the original part of the farm 20 years ago and have subsequently grown it to its current total of 265 hectares (230 ha effective).
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Northland Agricultural Research Farm (NARF), Dargaville
NARF is an 85-ha dairy research farm located two km west of Dargaville, which is owned by all Northland dairy farmers through an incorporated society. Ninety percent of the farm sits on the flat marine soils of Kaipara clay, with the balance on Te Kopuru sand. Both soil types are extremely wet during winter with high pugging risk.
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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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Ōtamarākau Ventures Limited Partnership
Ōtamarākau Ventures Limited Partnership (OVLP) is a Māori owned joint venture between Ōtamarākau Farm Trust (50 percent), and Ngāti Mākino Assets Limited (50 percent).
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Woodward Family, Ōtorohanga
Michael and Susie Woodward operate Woodward Farms Ltd on their property Cowgora Hills, near Ōtorohanga. The farm is currently peak milking 290 dairy cows, plus running 230 Angora goats on a 170-ha property with half flat-rolling and half easy hill contour, as well as running their own dairy replacements (currently 65 targeting 55 in future).
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Ruby Mulinder and Sean Nixon, Waihora View
Waihora View was a dream in the making for Ruby Mulinder and Sean Nixon who purchased this as their first farm in 2019. The farm is located on the northwestern side of Lake Taupō in the Tihoi district.
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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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Taumata Farming Partnership, Pukeatua
Taumata Farming Partnership Ltd is a family-owned business situated in Pukeatua, approximately 25 km southeast of Hamilton in the Waipā District. Doug and Kathy Wallace purchased the property in 1999, and they have been focused on their environmental impact for many years now.