15,500 copies distributed monthly – to every rural delivery & P.O. mailbox in Nelson, Marlborough & The West Coast. July 2020
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Bull sales go well on a warm winter day
Our Politicians have their say pg 2 Federated Farmers Update pg 4 Soil Matters with Peter Burton pg 11 Complex Septic Tank Rules pg 13 Wool Comment from Rob Cochrane pg 13 Last of the Holdens Country Motoring pg 14
The combined Matariki hereford and Woodbank angus sale on the Murray family properties at Clarence were held under balmy conditions recently. With temperatures hitting 20 degrees during the sale the market maintained the heat of this seasons post lockdown bull sales with averages just short of last years . Woodbank stud principal John Murray was pleased with the sale “with there being a bull for everyone “ at reasonable prices. The Woodbank angus average was just on $8,000 and Matariki hereford average $9,000. Pictured above basking in late afternoon sunshine is lot 65 which was one of a number sold to East coast North Island buyers.
Story and pics from Joe Blakiston