Kiwi Farmers Guide to Life on RNZ’s Nine to Noon, Wednesday June 16th from Fieldays, Mystery Creek https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018799981/new-book-challenges-kiwi-farming-stereotypes from RNZ.
Kiwi Farmers Guide to Life (Bateman Books). Auckland promotion https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6810262926306476032-GrsA
DearTim, I wanted to share with you a story about your book, Straight Off The Tussock. [Fraser Books, 2005] I thought you might like to know that, over the last few weeks, this book has had an extraordinary impact on an elderly man and his wife in the last stages of their lives. An elderly man that I knew, Mr L, had been a member of the crew of
Take the road less travelled, they say. Kiwi Farmers Guide to Life does just that, telling stories of New Zealand farmers, agribusiness entrepreneurs and even a couple of scientists. Each one knows about sweat, quick-thinking and the importance of a sense of humour in battling agricultural elements.From a dive into farming history to a probe of modern agri issues, Kiwi Farmers Guide to Life shows farmers at their finest
I am looking forward to writing an updated West Eyreton school and social history coinciding with the school’s 150th celebrations in 2022. With this, I would love to look at existing family memoirs, notes and pictures showing ties to the school (longstanding or otherwise) It’s going to be a busy exercise so the more information I can gather over these next 3-6/months, the better the read will be.
Freshwater management policies rolled out by central and local government may be critical to your livelihood. Here’s a Q&A from Environment Canterbury on Canterbury policy. https://www.ecan.govt.nz/your-region/your-environment/water/essential-freshwater-package/essential-freshwater-package-and-canterbury-rules-faqs/
MEAT POLITICS John (Jack) Fulton’s great-grandfather, John Macfarlane, was a CFM founder, his father had been a director and sister Mary had a large shareholding in a family trust. The company had plants at Belfast, 8km north of Ashburton at Fairton and Pareora, about 15 km south of Timaru. The head office was in Christchurch and the company also had a trading office in London. Typically, Jack found himself equally
What is your professional goal for 2021 and how could media communication help?….Let’s have that talk.
The number of beef cattle increased for the fourth year in a row in 2020, while the national dairy herd and sheep flock have both continued to fall in recent years, Stats NZ said today. Provisional figures from the 2020 agricultural production survey showed beef cattle numbers increased 2 percent, to 4 million in June 2020, returning to levels last seen a decade ago. “Beef prices have generally remained strong
Three years ago I started my own media consultancy, Tim Fulton Media http://www.timfultonmedia.co.nz after seeing a need for knowledgeable, professional but down-to earth media services. The business has evolved a lot over that time: I have been fortunate, for example, to work with Bateman Books on two upcoming publications and have enjoyed helping well-known rural businesses including Case IH and CRV Ambreed. Meawhile I continue to work with CBS building