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Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership

February 2025

Young dairying couple take first step towards farm ownership

How does it feel in your early twenties to be heading towards purchasing your first dairy...
Market Sector Report – March 2025

February 2025

Market Sector Report – March 2025

Signals in most primary production sectors have improved in recent months, and in some this...
First time freehold offering, South Otago property presents scale and productivity

February 2025

First time freehold offering, South Otago property presents scale and productivity

When they purchased the South Otago rural property in 2012, Michael and Caroline Morris could see...
Straight talk and direct approach sells four generation dairy farm in ten days

February 2025

Straight talk and direct approach sells four generation dairy farm in ten days

After four generations in the same family, a 105-hectare Morrinsville dairy farm sold in...
Te Kohanga dairy farm with charm finds new owners

February 2025

Te Kohanga dairy farm with charm finds new owners

David van Vught bought his 80-hectare Te Kohanga dairy farm in 1991. Situated 23 kilometres south...
Positive market response to large-scale Central Hawke’s Bay finishing property

February 2025

Positive market response to large-scale Central Hawke’s Bay finishing property

One of Central Hawke’s Bay’s most admired farms sold recently. Middle Hills, a...
Close to the city, family farm forestry legacy offered for sale

February 2025

Close to the city, family farm forestry legacy offered for sale

A unique rural property within easy reach of Wellington and offering multiple options is for...
Team effort ensures prompt and satisfactory sale of South Otago farm

February 2025

Team effort ensures prompt and satisfactory sale of South Otago farm

Ross McKee is a long-standing PGG Wrightson Livestock sheep and beef rep in Southland. When he...
Diligence required for renewable energy to deliver land use diversification benefits

February 2025

Diligence required for renewable energy to deliver land use diversification benefits

Farmers are increasingly looking at their business, particularly in the sheep and beef sector, and...
Farm boy’s Waikato dream available for completion

October 2024

Farm boy’s Waikato dream available for completion

Joe Comins is most of the way to achieving his dream, to develop a park on 38 hectares of rolling...
Niche coastal subdivision offers unique take on rural dream

October 2024

Niche coastal subdivision offers unique take on rural dream

Less than 10 kilometres from the Octagon, what used to be a farm is on the way to becoming one of...
Home of the Berryfresh brand for sale after 40 years

October 2024

Home of the Berryfresh brand for sale after 40 years

If you buy fresh berry fruit in the North Island, chances are it has the Berryfresh brand on it and...
Close to Hamilton, exceptional lifestyle offers land use alternatives

October 2024

Close to Hamilton, exceptional lifestyle offers land use alternatives

In 2001 Michael and Janet Bryant came off the big Te Ākau South sheep and beef farm where...
Ideally located deer property offers alternative options

October 2024

Ideally located deer property offers alternative options

Cath and Gene Sandbrook took over their 23-hectare Halcombe property in 2013. Gene had been...
Reluctant farewell to Gore Bay hideaway

October 2024

Reluctant farewell to Gore Bay hideaway

A family connection to Gore Bay, North Canterbury is set to come to an end after 120 years. In the...