While it is well known that nitrate leeching is a major problem with cattle – both dairy and beef – what about with sheep grazing?

Garrick Batten on why there should be more farmed goats.

Getting things back on track at White Rock As well as the family reorganisation, Tim Ritchie and his cousin later invited well-known Wairarapa farmer and Romney breeder Derek Daniell to take a shareholding in White Rock.

White Rock Station’s revival One of New Zealand’s most historic sheep stations – White Rock – has a new lease of life thanks to family members who wanted to preserve the property for future generations.