Black Heels and Tractor Wheels - Presented by Rural Women New Zealand, Black Heels and Tractor Wheels - Presented by Rural Women New Zealand. Along with pushing the buttons to take the show to air at midday each weekday, she also contributes to the shows direction, hunts down people for interviews and tries to keep the shows host Jamie Mackay in line as NZs champion cow-pat thrower and the 2nd best gumboot thrower in the world, shes more than qualified. . But following representations from the dairy and aged care sectors POLITIK understands the Minister of Immigration, Iain Lees-Galloway favours an extension of six to 12 months for many of the workers. We've always been ones to control as many aspects of daily farming life as possible and becoming fully self-contained was part of this. . Most farmers are good employers and to celebrate this, industry stakeholders have launched the Good Boss campaign. Congratulations also to Jaimee Whitehead from Constellation for coming second and Dan Warman also from Constellation for coming third. . "I don't really have any health concerns," said one fan, who gave his name as Peter told AFP.Another spectator, Wendy, said she feared New Zealand would have stayed locked down longer "but I'm happy that we're not. It is only available to loyal clients, farmers who have shown Affco consistent support. So often we just see the end result and don't understand what it took to get there, so I want to share Bruce's story with you. Five Rivers, Northern Southland.Yip, that is snow! Not to mention our love for the pedigree Ayrshire cow, and later the pedigree Holstein cow. Posted by homepaddock. ""It's massive," the country's sports minister, Grant Robertson, said on the sidelines. Get personalized recommendations, and learn where to watch across hundreds of streaming providers. . The new womens 9hr strong wool lamb record holder is Megan Whitehead with 661! Andrew Hoggard, Sandra Matthews, Jane Smith, Steve Hollander, Chris Russell. With 95 per cent of their pasture eggs supplying high-end Auckland restaurants and cafes in normal times, lockdown restrictions presented a complete loss of business income. The Sky knows no path#autumnalvibes #Weather #StormHour #wilderness #machair #Scotland #OuterHebrides #thursdayvibes #cornfield #sunrise pic.twitter.com/QSXz8nAHjF, DaliMach StormPod (@frenchscotjeff) August 22, 2019. Those in the industry can learn from it, or it could be inspirational for someone interested in agriculture. After many winters on kale in 2012, we made what was considered a bold move at the time, to sink over $1 million into our free-stall barn, to get all our cows off the land during winter. So that's a small insight into our journey over the past 25 years. All Rights Reserved. . The contract has been the subject of much discussion at sale yards but Young said it is not an offer being made to every farmer. Sunset last night. People and plants need water thats a basic fact. "Uele said he did have concerns that somebody in the crowd might have the virus without knowing it. pic.twitter.com/ttoPCjRfHx, William Morrison (@MorrisonFarming) August 5, 2020. In a former life, Rowena was a dairy farmer, and won the 2013 Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year,She has since hung up the milking apron and swapped her red bands for radio in 2016- becoming Executive Producer of The Country. on. Our teams have adapted really quickly and theyve done a lot of great work. Lovely winters afternoon at the Waimakariri Gorge pic.twitter.com/2fzMnPBNuW, Murray Smith (@CharollaisRams) June 13, 2020. . He said there's something special about being at a game. Rowena was a dairy farmer and won the Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year. He was catching only enough blue cod to fill a small order and the at-times turbulent Foveaux Strait was flat, he added reassuringly. 2.1K views, 18 likes, 0 loves, 5 comments, 1 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Country: The Country at Fieldays - Rowena Duncum caught up with DeLaval Oceania Sales Director Justin Thompson to. Posted by homepaddock. Interesting reading in the 2022 Farm Salaries Report from Fed Farmers and Rabobank. She swapped her red bands for radio and has been the executive producer of The COuntry since 2016. I knew then what I wanted to do. There's been some big changes since then, along with the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Read more: Golden Gumboot leads to Fieldays love for rural bachelor, Ryley confirms Mike's version of events but adds it wasn't love at first sight, saying she fell for his charms only "after he had a haircut.". . New trial could lead to breeding of low methane-emitting cows James Fyfe: A trial is underway in the Waikato to see if there is a link between cows genetics and how much methane they produce. New Zealand is the first country to approve the use of a new active ingredient contained in Vimoy Iblon isoflucypram. They won $7400 in prizes. The crops of kale were poor, and we unintentionally wrecked many hectares of grass along the way. The following weekend, I'm back home again. 5mins 31 Jan 2021 Rowena Duncum Megan Whitehead Similar People Judith Collins Julia Jones David Stevens Simon Bridges Winston Peters Matt Chisholm Bernadette Hunt Ben Dooley Jason Walls Barry Soper Elliot Smith John Key Jamie MacKay Aaron Dahmen . From memory, my exact phrase was: "If people want to try it, good luck to them. Technology helps Southland farmers replacement heifers hit weight targets : Investing in weigh scales is helping Southland dairy farmers Julia and Stewart Eden grow bigger heifers which produce more milk. . It was heart-wrenching to let our staff go, as we are a tight team. Why is it taking so long to install fishing cameras? It is the most significant networking event on the red meat calendar, bringing together all sector participants. The idea came to life eighteen months ago when Mrs Thomas realised some kids in the region couldnt access the library because they lived too away. . Asking for the vegetarian option is going to hurt. - Lyssna p Rowena Duncum: They've had to offer truck drivers double the pay av Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive direkt i din mobil, surfplatta eller webblsare - utan app. . Scientists at Massey University would undertake the one- to two-year study, where they would look at the symptoms of the cattle disease, the effects on milk yield and composition and the duration of these effects. Forestry New Zealand figures show in the first year, of the 91m trees planted, only 12 percent were native. In addition to this, WPMA has just launched its Environmental Product Declarations for wood products. When I uprooted my life and moved to Dunedin in January, the first thing I did was book flights home for duck shooting.Our maimai has a name 'The Hilton,' a working fireplace (not to be used on cloudless days), and the boys constructed it from scratch from an old bus shelter. That's something I could really get behind. The atmosphere now contains 409 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide (CO), when it is claimed that it can only cope with 350 ppm without a change in climate. Encouraging farmers to share their ideas for sustainable water management has motivated the launch of an award by agricultural irrigation systems company Zimmatic. "The industry's pretty divided over it. . Its not everyone who can relax after a hard days work, throw out a line and hook a snapper for dinner from their own backyard. . Biosecurity cost blowout for councils Gerald Piddock: Federated Farmers is warning rural district councils could face cost blowouts in meeting the requirements of the Governments National Policy Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity. Sunrise this morning.So lucky to live & work in such a beautiful part of the world! Dismantling free markets wont solve biodiversity threat Matt Ridley: Driven perhaps by envy at the attention that climate change is getting, and ambition to set up a great new intergovernmental body that can fly scientists to mega-conferences, biologists have gone into overdrive on the subject of biodiversity this week. @WeatherWatchNZ pic.twitter.com/mAFnYDx46o, Katrina Thomas (@katrinathomas67) December 26, 2020. I'm dreading the office morning tea, now that Boss 1 (The old Pipesy) initiated a revolt and succeeded in getting sausage rolls and cheerios put back on the menu. New fungicide approved for use on cereal crops . Four years later the two were married at Ryley's parents' dairy farm in Gordonton. . This has made everything "final" in my opinion. We had a farm signed up just out of Riversdale in Southland originally, but at the eleventh hour it fell through. The differences between animal welfare and animal ethics and where the biggest challenges to livestock production may lay with the latter was explored by Dr Beggs in a recent episode of the RawAg podcast produced by southern seedstock operation Te Mania Angus. It's not just a child getting the sniffles, it is a very, very serious disease. Follow her on Twitter, her handle is: @rowie_nz, Freephone within NZ:0800 BEEFLAMB (0800 233 352), Bringing together NZ's sheep & beef genetics research & innovation, Find tasty recipes, domestic promotion information & campaigns, Proven facts about NZ's farming methods & how our red meat stacks up. Non-farmer investors are coming to understand that, with family silver having to be sold as well as some rubbish disposal, any turnaround is likely to be long-term rather than short-term. Thanks to the rural women who work tirelessly on the land, in the home or office, front & centre or behind scenes, in community or advocacy groups, in leadership, governance & training roles. THE 2013 Taranaki Sharemilker/Equity Farmers of the Year, Rachel and Kenneth Short, have become the first family to claim two generations of success in the awards. Rowena Duncum: No Meat May - the ultimate challenge. Row breaks down the incredible performance by Megan Whitehead at the Grant Brother's Woolshed. . Weve gone all out to ensure that this years conference features demonstrations of technology that can help growers tackle some of the challenges that they face, says Horticulture New Zealand Chief Executive, Mike Chapman. and an emerging director with the Whanganui Rugby Football Union. . Rowena Duncum Executive Producer - The Country with Jamie Mackay & Host - The Country Early Edition at NZME. That was a very dark day and had us questioning if we had made the right move. We have the scope to feed all our stock, not just heifers, but rear bulls as well, which also means we are on the path to zero bobbies. . Leave a Comment | business, environment, Farming, food, rural | Tagged: Anna Nelson, Dairy Womens Network (DWN), DairyNZ, Dr Paul Le Mire, Federated Farmers, Federation of Maori Authorities (FoMA), Gerald Piddock, Golden Shears, John Roche, Lone Sorensen, Maja Burry, Meat Industry Association (MIA), Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), Mycoplasma bovis, NZ Young Farmers (NZYF), Riker Swan, Rowena Duncum, Snow Harrison, Soil Connection, Te Horipo Karaitiana, Toha, Whenua Ora Tangata Ora, Zimmatic Trailblazer Sustainable Irrigation Awards | Permalink Scan the QR code to download now. She swapped her red bands for radio and has been the executive producer of The COuntry since 2016. GRAHAM ADAMS: Hipkins stealth revolution in education, "I find the virtual hostility to Zelenskyy incredibly disturbing. By the time you read this, the Will to Live charitys Speak Up Tour will have just completed its 13th event, with four still to come later this month. Overseas investors fined almost $3 million for illegal purchase of Auckland properties: The High Court yesterday ordered the overseas owners of two rural properties at Warkworth, north of Auckland, to pay $2.95 million to the Crown after an Overseas Investment Office (OIO) investigation found they were bought without consent. The other major winners were Michael Kavanagh and Rowena Duncum, the regions Farm Managers of the Year, and Daniel Regtien, the 2013 Taranaki Dairy Trainee of the Year. pic.twitter.com/yh3uycqgm8, Rowena Duncum (@rowie_nz) January 14, 2021, Megan whitehead on her way to setting a new world shearing record. However, the new policy changes the criteria of for those areas, meaning some councils might have to redo their mapping, Federated Farmers regional policy analyst Paul Le Miere told about 20 farmers at a meeting in Te Awamutu. 'My chance to walk in someone else's shoes and attempt to understand their ideals and values,' I explained to our urban listening audience. Theyre all about public accountability and providing proof that the industry as they state have nothing to hide. Simply outstanding performances all round! They have been farming five years, including a year in Wales. Vet behind Mycoplasma Bovis detection hopeful for eradication: The amaru vet, whose efforts led to the identification of cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis in New Zealand, says she is optimistic the disease can be eradicated. . We are so grateful that Rowena has taken some time out of her busy schedule to join us on the podcast. . Shes also Chair of Women in Sport Otago, on the Board of the NZ Boot Throwing Association (again, this is a thing!) We also have a strong focus on good pasture management. Were on track to achieve eradication, but theres still a lot of hard work ahead of us. Rowena Duncum is a passionate advocate for the agricultural and rural sectors. I won't be around to see 100 years unfortunately, but I hope one of our family will. . If such a link is found, it could mean its possible for farmers to fight climate change by specifically breeding cows that emit less methane. Big processors pursuing staged transition Brent Melville: Weaning New Zealands primary sector off fossil fuels could cost the industry and the agri-sector hundreds of millions of dollars. "They'll be broke and gone in five years" the old boys all said at the time. Rowena Duncum: Fine skies greeting farmers on day two of Fieldays in Hamilton. Sheep grazing a #CoverCrop on the Canterbury Plains ahead of a spring seed crop pic.twitter.com/K0AvgRPolz, Allan Lill (@allan_lill) August 22, 2019. Lawyers or MPs? Short spoke to The Country's Jamie Mackay and Rowena. . Not only is it my middle name (albeit spelt slightly differently Mae), but it's synonymous with two of my favourite things in the whole world. The passion and commitment to their chosen careers has seen Queenslander Shannon Landmark and the NTs Luke Evans offered a unique mentoring opportunity under the Zanda McDonald Award, which recognises outstanding young professionals in the ag sector. iHeartRadio is easy to use and all FREE, Simon Barnett and James Daniels Afternoons, Simon Barnett & James Daniels Afternoons Podcast, Sportstalk with D'Arcy Waldegrave Podcast, The Resident Builder Podcast with Peter Wolfkamp, Wellington Mornings with Nick Mills Podcast, Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald Podcast, How many did the cyclone injure? At 8 am today the gates open for Fieldays 2022. Posted by homepaddock, And shes done it!! We use slurry from our barn to fertilise the land and make both grass and cereal silage from it. Rowena Duncum joins Andrew Dickens to talk about duck shooting as the hunting season gets underway.It'll be the first season since the Christchurch mosque attacks on March 15.Duncum says the season overall shouldn't be affected too much by the attacks, but a few things have been noted. But I find the concept ridiculous. The lanes were done with "grave" dug from the farm in February before we took possession in June. . The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has approved an application to import a new fungicide, Vimoy Iblon, into New Zealand, for use on cereal crops. 'Think of the content opportunities,' I pitched to my boss. Some good, balanced and considered. At its recent annual meeting, the association acknowledged the years of service given by John Dodd and Murray Isbister. While the average value of sheepmeat exports to China declined from $8.87/kg in December 2019 to $7.63/kg in January, it was still significantly higher than in January 2019 ($6.57/kg). The Zimmatic Trailblazer Sustainable Irrigation Awards aim to celebrate excellence in sustainable irrigation. It has undoubtedly been the right move for us, as the future of farming constantly changes. Stratford farm assistant Peter Templeton, aged 21, placed second in the dairy trainee contest winning $500. New Zealand Wood Industry Zero Carbon And We Can Prove It: If New Zealands ambition is to be a zero carbon economy by 2050 then it must nurture its wood industry. As silly as it sounds, our cows, having come from a flat farm, didn't know how to calve on the rolling hills. . #IRWD2020 #daughtersinag #familyfarming pic.twitter.com/iANgAKR1my, Janelle South (@JanelleSmith251) October 15, 2020, Happy international rural womens Day. The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are supported by national sponsors Westpac, Dairy-NZ, Ecolab, Federated Farmers, Fonterra, Honda Motorcycles NZ, LIC, Meridian Energy, Ravensdown, RD1 and AgITO. Leave a Comment | business, environment, Farming, food, rural | Tagged: Bellbird Spring, Brigitte Allan, Buxton Trout & Salmon, Carol Booth, Julia Eden, Lacey Agate, Lake Mountain, Leithen Valley Hunts, Lucas Percy, Marian MacDonald, Matthew Haugh, Mitch MacRae, Pegasus Bay, Pyramid Valley, Rachel Stewart, Rowena Duncum, Stewart Eden, Te Pari, William Morrison, Yarra Ranges, Young Viticulturist of the Year, Yvonne O'Hara | Permalink See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy . Interesting reading in the 2022 Farm Salaries Report from Fed Farmers and Rabobank It's the 30th anniversary of The Country this year. Rowena Duncum is a passionate advocate for the agricultural and rural sectors. We would start milking at 1pm and get home about 7pm. A farmers tale: 25 years of highs and lows Rowena Duncan: Rowena Duncum gives voice to the high and lows, hard work, love and dedication of all farmers through the story of one farmer, Bruce Eade, as he celebrates 25 years on his farm. He won $4400 in prizes. Hopefully no fights. The legislation could make it compulsory for lenders to make funds available to farmers to fund their share of mediation costs, Sharemilkers Chairperson Richard McIntyre told the Primary Production Select Committee this morning. I've just given this to Boss 2 (The old Macca) for proofreading. Follow her on Twitter, her handle is: @rowie_nz Rowena, health, wellbeing, agriculture industry, journalism, good stories, twitter, different points of view, media, social media, While the U.N. report pointed out that cattle and other animals do indeed produce the greenhouse gas methane no secret there he says the U.N. and special friends such as anti-animal agriculture activists and vegan promoters leave out important facts. This is something I get asked often, and there's no one-size-fits-all, but something that always resonates with me is when farmers open up and showcase their lives, their achievements and when things don't go quite so well. . . There were four contestants competing in total, the other two being Brigitte Allan from Pyramid Valley and Lucas Percy from Pegasus Bay, who gave it their all, making it a great competition. Hey government lets K.I.S.S. Some in the extreme for opposing sides of the spectrum. Kelso had been a 185ha dairy grazing farm before we converted it. Wairarapa farmers Lynley and Matt Wyeth are spearheading the'invite a townie to dinner on National Lamb Day'initiative. Thats the question Newshub reporter Michael Morrah has been trying to solve since National decided they were a good idea and promised to introduce them in 2016. Heres a few gentle correctives. After waffling on about my life's "achievements" (current runner-up, women's world gumboot throwing, thank-you-very-much!) First World Champs Final Blade Teams. Golden Gumboot leads to Fieldays love for rural bachelor. They started in May and lived on site most of the time, in a caravan in the hay shed, that still is next to the cowshed to this day. In 2007 we added 80ha of the neighbours to the farm and, as before, did all the water scheme and fencing ourselves. I've driven past the original farm a few times and thought how different things would have been if we'd ended up there. Today we have Rowena Duncum joining us on the Podcast. Nationals primary industries minister Nathan Guy was attacked by the then Labour opposition over them; but just a few months after Labour came into office and the whole idea around accountability and transparency is put on the backburner, Morrah says. How is the situation in Chinaimpacting our primary exporters? A former dairy farmer and 2013 Taranaki Farm Manager of the Year, she hung up the milking apron and swapped her red bands for radio in 2016 to become Executive Producer of The Country - Newstalk ZB's long-standing rural radio show, hosted by Jamie Mackay. I think it's really important to lift people's mood a little bit. Third went to Stratford trainee Jayden Harvey, aged 19, who won $1400. Farmers stocking dams with trout the latest diversification for Buxton Trout & Salmon after coronavirus hits tourism Marian Macdonald: First, rising water temperatures cut production in half, now, as the coronavirus slices 80 per cent off his income, land-based farmers are helping to keep a Yarra Valley fish farmer afloat. Everyone I've spoken to once again today is positive, as they were yesterday but there's a lot more people here today. Detector dogs could sniff out AFB and save beekeepers millions of dollars: Training dogs to sniff out the highly infectious bacterial disease American Foulbrood (AFB) in beehives could save New Zealands beekeeping industry several million dollars a year. Leave a Comment | business, environment, Farming, food, media, rural | Tagged: Black Heels & Tractor Wheels, Rowena Duncum | Permalink He is currently senior farm assistant on the 350 cow Westpac Taranaki Agricultural Research Station at Hawera, owned by Fonterra. Rowena Duncum on the return of New Zealand rugby. Leave a Comment | environment, Farming, food, horticulture, rural, technology, trade, viticulture | Tagged: Allan Oldfield, Annette Scott, Bayer Marlborough Young Viticulturist of the Year, Ben Richards, Blue Sky Meats, Carrfields Livestock, Constellation, Dan Warman, Fiona Thomas, Horticulture NZ, Indevin, Jaimee Whitehead, Katie Doyle, Katie Milne, Libby Ogle, Mark Hammond, Michelle Hammond, Mike Chapman, Newland Farm, Overseas Investment Office (OIO), Pagan Karauria, Rabobank, Rebecca Howard, Reserve Bank, Rowena Duncum, Sheree Alabaster, Wayne Langford, Xueli Ke, Zhongliang Hong | Permalink . "Everyone has been dying for this moment," he told AP. . . Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you. So often we pop food in our mouths without any conscious decision regarding it. . The Shorts and Kurigers are now farming in partnership, with the Shorts 20% equity partners and 25% variable order sharemilking 450 cows for Shortland Farm Ltd Partnership at Opunake. . Falling log prices may make some woodlots unprofitable ANZ -Rebecca Howard. No need to destroy the perfect way of farming Lone Sorensen: Why are we accusing farming and in particularly dairy farming for being the cause, at least here in NZ, for global warming? And thats the best voice there is. . Zanda McDonald Award winners have bright futures Jessica Johnston: TWO young guns are making great strides in the northern beef industry, proving the future of agriculture is in safe hands. I wanted to see if cutting meat from my diet could, or would, lead to a higher perspectiveor just anemia.Now, I love May. . . We cant wait to get our own piece of dirt but know itll be a hard slog and is a way off yet., It was the first time the couple, milking 360 cows for Craig and Lucy Bradley, had entered the awards. Find ratings and reviews for the newest movie and TV shows. Follow . Leave a Comment | business, environment, Farming, food, rural | Tagged: Alliance Group, Brent Melville, Brian Stanley, Chris Lewis, David Surveyor, Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Gravity Fishing, isoflucypram, John Dodd, Murray Isbister, Nate Smith, Neal Wallace, North Otago A&P, Rowena Duncum, Sally Brooker, Vimoy Iblon, Wood Processing and Manufacturing Association (WPMA), Zero Carbon Bill | Permalink Those #Ezicalve bulls just love getting in a cow photo @MorrisonFarming pic.twitter.com/A7W4LoxH0C, Wayne Langford (@goaheadfarms) June 28, 2019. . . Well he needs to work harder so you can go home & let a man do a mans job", Actual statement made to me when I started my first fox control program in 2013. : Gray Baldwin has spent five years undoing work his grandfather did on the familys South Waikato farm and hes thrilled with the result. I recently had the honour of being the first guest speaker on new agriculturally focused online platform "Herd it". "LISTEN ABOVE AS ROWENA DUNCUM SPEAKS WITH ANDREW DICKENSSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. "So why am I now one day in to NMM? Trees replace top cattle Annette Scott: As far north as sale yards get in New Zealand the Broadwood selling centre in Northland hosted one of the countrys more notable capital stock clearing sales last week. This is something I get asked often, and theres no one-size-fits-all, but something that always resonates with me is when farmers open up and showcase their lives, their achievements and when things dont go quite so well. The applicant, Bayer, intends to market the fungicide to farmers as a means of controlling a range of diseases including scald and net blotch in barley, leaf rust in barley and wheat, stripe rust in wheat and wheat-rye hybrid triticale, speckled leaf blotch in wheat and stem rust in ryegrass crops. Hakataramea Valley pic.twitter.com/SmLLCG5mdc. The rest of the property is in forestry or retired land. The Rural Bachelor of the Year competition is now called the Fieldays Rural Catch competition as this year includes both female and male contestants. Congratulations to Lacey Agate from Bellbird Spring: After a tough day in the vineyards Lacey Agate from Bellbird Spring became the Corteva North Young Viticulturist of the Year 2020 on 31st July following the competition held at Greystone in Waipara. The Country 19/08/22: Steven Leov talks to Rowena Duncum. Rowena Duncum: Producer of The Country on the International Dairy Foundation's world summit September 20, 2022 3 min New Zealand's Dairy Industry Leaders have been attending the International Dairy Foundation's World Dairy Summit in India last week. Rug pulled from under trophy hunt operations Yvonne OHara: Leithen Valley Hunts owner Rachel Stewart has had no clients and no income since New Zealands borders were closed. Group aims to help farmers improve M. Boris response Daniel Birchfield: Lines of communication between the Ministry for Primary Industries and farmers impacted by cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis have been muddied for too long, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher says. Having housed 200 cows in winters since 2005, going the whole hog was a big call and an equally big investment. . "Peter Miskimmin, the chief executive of government agency Sport New Zealand, said the return of stadium games is enormously significant, and that sports are part of the nation's DNA. A lot of maimais don't allow female shooters, let alone temporarily vegetarian ones.But that's not going to be the only challenge this month. We got here through hard work (very hard work) and dedication. . Barbara and Ron Duncum are excited grandparents Thanks to the staff at amneriang r-iospnai EDGAR (nee Yeates) Sophie and Jamie are delighted to announce the arrival of Beniamin John Wilham. I thought it would be worth sharing again:https://t.co/wvMs6spqwR pic.twitter.com/DjoRtDXQ6K, Mark Ferguson (@Fergenetics) October 14, 2020, Leave a Comment | Farming | Tagged: #IRWD2020, International Rural Women's Day, Janelle South, Josh Becker, Kerry Anderson, Lisette Mill, Mark Ferguson, Niyigaba Etienne, Rowena Duncum, Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) | Permalink Comment: Rowena Duncum gives voice to the high and lows, hard work, love and dedication of all farmers through the story of one farmer, Bruce Eade, as he celebrates 25 years on his farm. Alternatively, it could require the lender to fund the mediation, which we as a sector would no doubt fund indirectly through increased fees. 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