Apr 20, 2023 | Press Releases
Rural contractors and regional councils are among those supporting a new AgResearch programme on invasive alligator weed which has plagued northern farmers and growers for many years and is now spreading south. Dr Trevor James, a senior AgResearch scientist leading...
Apr 8, 2023 | Press Releases
The organisers of a community effort in Golden Bay which raised nearly $50,000 to assist those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle are now encouraging other rural communities to adopt their model. Rural contractors Stacey Strange and her husband Tristan brought The Farmers...
Apr 5, 2023 | Press Releases
Leanne Hartnett, a 25 year old Irish woman doing her first season in New Zealand as a rural contractor, is loving the life here – though it took a while to get used to the size of machinery she’s required to drive. “You have to drive way bigger machines over here. We...
