Country-Wide

Country-Wide Country-Wide is your premium agribusiness magazine & podcast for advice every season!

Country-Wide is New Zealand’s only dedicated pastoral and arable farming magazine, available on subscription. It is a trusted farm management publication, delivering content on red meat, wool and arable farming topics. Each issue gives you independent, credible and often exclusive information to help run your farm business better.

Parliamentary Commissioner Simon Upton is urging a rethink of our reliance on pine and carbon offsets. His new report Al...
07/08/2025

Parliamentary Commissioner Simon Upton is urging a rethink of our reliance on pine and carbon offsets. His new report Alt F Reset explores whether large-scale native planting is really possible, or just wishful thinking.

Can oats really clean up after winter grazing? Turns out - yes. Trials from Canterbury to Central Otago show forage oats...
03/08/2025

Can oats really clean up after winter grazing? Turns out - yes. Trials from Canterbury to Central Otago show forage oats can slash nitrate leaching by up to 60% and still deliver serious feed. Even in the coldest, wettest soils, oats are showing up strong

Ready to push the boundaries of your winter cropping?
Read more in the Winter 2025 issue of Country-Wide

This offer would go nuts - It's been super popular with our female farmers in particular!We wanted to let you know it sh...
03/08/2025

This offer would go nuts - It's been super popular with our female farmers in particular!
We wanted to let you know it shuts off this Wednesday (6th August) and we don't think we will do this ever again!!

For $89/year you receive six premium issues delivered your door of Country-Wide's seasonal and other titles PLUS four quarterly premium Life & Leisure for FREE for a year (valued at $59/year)*

Stay tuned on the launch of The Country-Wide Club within the very near future!
*New Zealand shipping only.

Imagine being able to log on and check the fuel tank but seeif the pivot is still turned on in the background, and that ...
02/08/2025

Imagine being able to log on and check the fuel tank but see
if the pivot is still turned on in the background, and that the
trough isn’t leaking. Land Watch New Zealand are rapidly growing eyes for farmers in more places than the back of their head!

Read more in our special report on connected farms in Country-Wide Winter 2025, out now.

Two decades of fine-tuning, and a group of farmers chasing 150% lambing without compromising longevity or performance. L...
31/07/2025

Two decades of fine-tuning, and a group of farmers chasing 150% lambing without compromising longevity or performance.

Low-input, high-performance. Backed by data, driven by timing, and proving profitable even in tough seasons.

Read more in Country-Wide WINTER issue - out now

To get started with your understanding of what connected farm solutions you could have, ask yourself these questions...
22/07/2025

To get started with your understanding of what connected farm solutions you could have, ask yourself these questions...

Ed and Ro Palmer’s Te Aratipi Station, a historic fourth-generation Hawke’s Bay farm, was one of five of the 23 sheep an...
20/07/2025

Ed and Ro Palmer’s Te Aratipi Station, a historic fourth-generation Hawke’s Bay farm, was one of five of the 23 sheep and beef farms who opened up their farm to urban locals which is the most popular type of farm visitors want to see.

17/07/2025

The 2025 FMG Young Farmer of the Year, Hugh Jackson, is now back home after a big win last weekend. He shares the preparation that goes into the competition and his aspirations for the intergenerational family farm.

New episode out now! Listen, or via your favourite podcast platform.

🇺🇸✨ NZ Venison is making waves in North AmericaFrom seasonal to staple, Kiwi venison is now a premium pick in over 2,000...
16/07/2025

🇺🇸✨ NZ Venison is making waves in North America

From seasonal to staple, Kiwi venison is now a premium pick in over 2,000 US stores – and growing fast.

High in protein, low in fat, and pasture-raised… it’s ticking every box for health-focused, eco-conscious eaters.

With strong backing from farmers, exporters, and marketers, this is just the beginning.

15/07/2025

Imagine if a crop could be both productive and improve environmental outcomes in a cold and wet climate? Brendon Malcolm from Plant & Food Research has been working with several high country Canterbury catchment groups to see if planting winter forage oats after winter grazing can act as a catch crop reducing the risk of nitrate leaching losses even in the toughest conditions.

New episode out now! Listen, or via your favourite podcast platform.

Leave the weigh scale in the yards now with WiFi!No more hauling the weigh scale unit home at night to upload data. With...
15/07/2025

Leave the weigh scale in the yards now with WiFi!

No more hauling the weigh scale unit home at night to upload data. With reliable WiFi in your yards, upload your Electronic ASD forms instantly as the truck drives away.

Mark Maitland from Gallagher says NZ farmers are waking up to tech, not to replace farming skills, but to add value and improve decision-making.

“The younger generation still need to know why you break fence, what animal nutrition and pasture looks like... The tech on top should be adding value around your decision making, not making the decision for you.”

Read more in our special report on connected farms in Country-Wide Winter 2025, out now.

13/07/2025

Returning to his rural roots after an unconventional path into farming, James Kellow realised his dream when buying Lighthouse Station on the Āwhitu Peninsula in 2017 for a deep connection to the land for his family and a desire to create something enduring.

Read the article in the latest Country-Wide or listen, or via your favourite podcast platform.

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Country-Wide is New Zealand’s only dedicated pastoral and arable farming magazine, available on subscription.

It is a trusted, top farm management, monthly publication focused on making farmers more money in a sustainable way.

It concentrates on what happens behind the farm gate, giving readers independent, credible and often exclusive information to help them run their farm businesses better.