Small Block

Welcome to the small block section here at Rural Trader. This is where you’ll find all sorts of information about small block holdings.

You’ll find relevant news and articles, upcoming events, related blog and forum entries and small block related video clips. Also you can gauge community opinion through our polls.

This page is very much community driven so if there’s anything you’d like to see included here please get in touch.  Among the things we’d be delighted to receive are any of below:

Small block news and articles, events, bloggers, videos and photos.

If you’d like to have any of above published send your material to contribute@ruraltrader.co.nz

Features

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  Off to the Markets

  by Rural Trader

  This is where we will put a host of information regarding Farmers' Markets throughout New Zealand

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  National Alpaca Day a Success

  by Samantha van der Sande

  This year's open day saw a glorious day in the Waikato, and a number of Waikato alpaca farms open their gates to the public

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  The Canterbury Show is Back!

  by Canterbury A and P Association

  The Canterbury A&P Association is celebrating tradition, with the naming of its annual Show reverting back to the well known and established ‘Canterbury A&P Show'

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  National Alpaca Day Sunday 2nd May 2010

  by The National Alpaca Association

  Owing to the success of last year’s National Alpaca Day, alpaca breeders from around the country will once again open their farms to members of the public

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  Shooting it Up

  by NZ Plough 2010

  World War One-&-A-Half will break out on the opening and closing days of NZ Plough 2010 when Ashburton’s Vintage Military Club and associates let loose with pyrotechnics and vintage guns

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  New Zealand's Newest World Champion

  by Over the Moon

  On March 18 2010, Over the Moon Dairy was recognised by the international cheese community as the world's best producer of semi-soft mixed milk and flavoured sheep cheese

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  OrganicFarmNZ Provides Lifeline for Small Organic Growers

  by Organics Aotearoa New Zealand

  While much of the media focus on organics is on the glamorous export market, and the export-ready certifications offered by BioGro, AsureQuality and Demeter, there are many small-scale producers supplying the local market who rely on the less-heralded certification and support system provided by OrganicFarmNZ

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  Children Answer the Call of Calf Club

  by Livestock Improvement Corporation

  The start of a new farming calendar heralds the arrival of lambs and calves around the country and the start of preparations for a much loved rural New Zealand tradition – calf club

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  Northern A & P Shows Breaking from Tradition

  by Malcolm McKerrow, CEO, Whangarei A&P Society

  As with most A & P shows throughout the country there has been a steady decline in the number of dairy farmers showing and competing at A & P Shows within the Northern District

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  What's New at the Show?

  by The Royal New Zealand Show

  There's plenty of new entertainment on offer at this year's Royal New Zealand Show in Christchurch