FARMING IN FOCUS
Top left: Mixed aged ewes at Rata Peaks set stocked ready for lambing. Top right: Mt Benger’s hill country makes up 80% of the farm and is the focus of a development programme based on legumes, particularly subterranean clover. Centre left: View from the new staff house at Coverham. Centre right: Getting into the back blocks of Island Hills Station is possible for everyone now that the walking track is open again. Above: King Country farmers Graham and Karianne Wills drive among their herd of Stabiliser cattle.
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Country-Wide
December 2020