Another week rolls on... Family farming in the mighty King Country💕💕

January in the King Country flown by; kids home from school & doing all my farming jobs, a magic week on holiday and 2 new Growing Future Farmers students started last week...

Great autumn in Aria, been lucky with some beautiful rain. First rams out with their ewes tomorrow. More waterway fencing plus Our Land and Water King Country sediment trap project underway. #lowermokaucatchmentgroup

Traffic jam in the King Country.... girls showing good levels of patience, no road rage. Magic autumn morning!

A last big push for signing the ‘seatbelts on school buses’ 🚌 petition. Closes Friday. Let’s give our kids a bit more protection while they’re travelling on the road Federated Farmers Beef + Lamb New Zealand DairyNZ Foundation for Arable Research (NZ) AWDT Harvest New Zealand 🇳🇿 Horticulture New Zealand @RuralWomenNZ Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarships

Mostly this highlights how totally different farming systems are in US compared to NZ... What a meatless future could mean for farmers. vox.com/future-perfect… via Vox

Busy last week "bringing science to our community" with 4 Roadshow events featuring research from land management changes made 20 years ago at Whatawhata research station. Lucky to host Mike Dodd AgResearch, Andrew Hughes from @niwa_nz. SLMACC Ministry for Primary Industries funded. #kcrivercare

Sun breaks through finally... briefly. Ewes all to their lambing paddocks by the end of the week. Big job sorting out different breeds, ages, & stages of pregnancy to all get to the right place.

Great podcast Mark Ferguson neXtgen Agri Ltd with Shane McManaway. Enlightening & insightful conversation around using data to make powerful farm mgmt decisions and the importance of a good culture for business longevity and profitability! Brilliant stuff open.spotify.com/episode/33ayxL…

Finally had our first day of docking. Great to get started. Dogs & I were a bit rusty, hopefully the weather holds and we all sharpen up😄

Few more docking pics. Magic couple of days this week, everyone loving the sunshine 🌞 #familyfarmingnz

Big week dodging rain - silage in pit, drafted & weaned lambs; beef heifers AI'd; bulls out with cows. New #growingfuturefarmers student gave us a team of seven aged 21 & younger - love their energy & enthusiasm💕🌞🐕🐑🐂

6 days shearing done & dusted, lots of tired bodies. Boys doing a few "special" lambs in second shed on last day. Family holiday countdown on💕

31st January & today.... amazing transformation😀! A lot of suppl feed going in. Tired Hunter turnip crop booming, how many extra lambs to put on????

Another month with no rain in the KC... feeding out a fair bit of imported feed to try & keep animals & pastures in good nick. Thankful for selling stock early and our keen, young team who are mostly staying healthy🤞🤞😁

Farm changing color after a couple of magic rain events. Still lots of suppl going in, rams out with ewes. Young dogs going great. Feeling blessed given the challenges some are facing around the country. Kia kaha! #familyfarming

Is anyone else keen to embrace #flufffriday today? I mean let’s face it women of NZ you’re probably dressed as a piece of fluff already without even realising it. RT and tag your friends! Nadia Lim

Very lucky so far with the King Country winter... babies, scanning ewes and the team waiting for me to hurry up with the break fence