Rural Leaders News

As we grapple our way through farming within limits, the environment we farm in has never been looked at so closely.

November 2017 Since my last note, not only do we have a new government, we also have five new Nuffield scholars.  The businesses of farming and growing have changed dramatically over the past decade. Historically, it was adequate for farmers to express a personal desire to care for their livestock and land and to ‘do

As a New Zealand farmer, we often hear about the long term subsidies paid to farmers in the EU, without ever understanding why these subsidies were introduced in the first place.

The old-school model of communications is being disrupted and we must adapt or face being left behind.

A diverse group of rural New Zealanders has been chosen as the latest crop of Nuffield Scholars.

The 2014 Scholars are thinking outside the square with how they present their experiences with plans to present at the Australian Nuffield Conference on “The global trends as we saw them as a team”.

Five new names have been added to the historic list of Nuffield Scholars in New Zealand on Thursday night at Parliament.

New Zealand agriculture must embrace long term relationships with our Asian customers, in particular China, says 2011 Nuffield Scholar David Campbell of Canterbury.

I was interested by the fact that many felt that NZ was perhaps the country feeling some of the most significant scrutiny, with a few people commenting on the fact that New Zealand’s farmers are now considered to be on the table of social standing at about the same level as the politicians.

Sitting here now reflecting on the week, I realise that there were a few themes emerge that have been interesting to dive deeper into, some issues have been specific to the Netherlands, but many relate to New Zealand.

Five Scholarship recipients have an exciting year of travel, networking and study ahead of them.

Announcing Richard Green as the first permanent Director of the New Zealand Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust.

The 2012 Nuffield Scholars announced before the Minister of Agriculture on 31 October 2011, are Sandra Faulkner (Gisborne), Richard Fitzgerald (Methven) and Michael Tayler (Temuka).