Brand new for AgriScot 2024 will be two live demonstrations of the Te Pari sheep handling system from New Zealand. Compered by two farmers using the systems in Scotland, the demonstrations will ...

Following is a transcription of the video: Narrator: Here in the New Zealand countryside, 25,000 sheep are sheared in just 10 days. Tom O'Sullivan: It's a nightmare trying to keep the sheep still.

A New Zealand farmer has been convicted of mistreating his sheep after 226 of them had to be euthanised. The animals were found to be severely malnourished and ill and were put down. Famer Bevan ...

The financial crisis affecting the sheep industry will be reflected in fewer rams being sold this year compared with recent years, a top breeding business says. Wairere Rams is New Zealand’s ...

Sheep huddled at the bottom of a tree surrounded by flood waters in Poukawa in the Hastings District were saved by an unlikely source – social media. Hastings District Council board member for ...

Highlanders used the land to keep animals like cows and sheep, as well as for planting ... This poster advertises a sailing from Glasgow to New Zealand.

New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases. It would make it the first nation to charge farmers for ...

A new three-year study is under way to understand the risk of facial eczema (FE) across New Zealand ... pasture information, paddock aspect and altitude, irrigation, sheep age and sheep breed.

The Running of the Sheep is a popular part of the annual Great New Zealand Muster held at Te Kūiti in the lead-up to the New Zealand Shearing Championships on Saturday night. The weekend saw the ...

New Zealand’s flagship rural radio show. As a former sheep farmer and a current equity partner in a Southland dairy farm, Jamie Mackay knows agribusiness. He delivers your daily fix of ...

The infectious lead single “Counting Sheep” is out today. About it, guitarist and co-vocalist Dante Melucci said: This one is totally insane… I had the idea that I could turn the vibe of the ...