Many high country sheep and beef farms are already carbon-neutral or very close, as research at AUT discovered last year. It’s just a case of proving it, like Lake Hawea Station did, to become the first carbon-neutral farm in New Zealand. Continue reading New Zealand’s First Certified Carbon-Neutral Farm
With shearing underway on many sheep farms, we’ve unearthed a vintage video about the Bowen Shearing Technique from 1958, featuring a demonstration by Kiwi legend himself, Godfrey Bowen. Continue reading Shear Hard Work
Deconstructed wool particle products are the subject of a three-year commercial viability programme which may help to reinvigorate New Zealand’s wool industry and increase its global market. Read more… Continue reading New Uses for NZ Wool
The resurgence of Covid-19 in New Zealand, and the restrictions imposed, has lead to a boom in the sale of woollen masks. Continue reading Unexpected Boost to Wool Suppliers