More photos from Country-Wide

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.

View from the new staff house at Coverham.

Getting into the back blocks of Island Hills Station is possible for everyone now that the walking track is open again

King Country farmers Graham and Karianne Wills drive among their herd of Stabiliser cattle.

Hamish Murray with a typical grass and annual clover pasture at Bluff Station.

These home-made ‘Taranaki’ gate closures were seen by Chid Murray elsewhere, and he copied the idea to use at Bluff Station.

Graham Wills gives his faithful companion a ride out the back of the Ongarue farm.

Graham Wills rides along the tops of the King Country farm.

The Fraser family on Mt Benger station.

Winter active Upright ryegrass was grown for the first time this year at Mt Benger.