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My Daily Digest: February 15, 2021

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Time to renew our covid commitment Lockdown’s back – at least for those in the greater Auckland region. News of three community cases of what turned out to be the UK variant of covid-19 last night, sure put the brakes on most people’s relaxing weekend. The wait starts now to see if there’s community transfer further than the three known cases.
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In the meantime, it’s a good time to renew our commitment to scanning, cleaning and social distancing.

We’ve been lucky enough to be able to live pretty much normally for a while now, but that status was a result of the good work we put in last year to eliminate covid-19 in the community.

We all have a part to play.

 

Bryan Gibson

 

Call for farmer camaraderie as AKL goes into lockdown

DairyNZ is urging farmers within Auckland city’s boundary to stay home and check in on their staff and neighbours following the latest covid-19-enforced lockdown.

 

 

App takes stress out of seasonal staffing

As the seasonal push to harvest horticultural crops draws closer, so does the additional pressure on growers to try and source seasonal staff. But an app developed by a Nelson woman makes the arduous paperwork task a lot simpler and helps employers find the staff they need. 

 

ACROSS THE RAILS: Quality on offer at Dannevirke sale

So far this year, store cattle trading has been a subdued affair. Low volumes of stock have moved through sale yards across the country and well-bred, traditional cattle were few and far between, as most farmers were comfortable with feed levels. 

 

Concern over proposed land reform changes

Changes proposed in the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill threaten the viability of high country farming for pastoral lessees.

 

Hort sector not looking to vaccination solution

The horticultural sector is not holding its collective breath for seasonal workers to be among priority groups for early vaccination as the harvest season kicks off.’

 

 

Tonight on Sarah’s Country: Newsmaker Monday

Why should FEPs be viewed as more than just a piece of paper that farmers need to deliver? Beef + Lamb NZ’s leader in farm planning Ron Pellow explains.  

 

New Zealand Merino (NZM) launches their first 100% regenerative wool platform. NZM’s general manager for sustainability and markets Dave Maslen joins us. 

 

RuralWeather’s Phil Duncan has the latest weather forecast. 

 

A plant-based factory is expected to bring farmer opportunities. New Zealand Functional Foods chair Roger Carruthers will explain the oat milk process from seed to supermarket.

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